linux-kernel - [PATCH] include/linux/mutex.h: unclear reference to convention

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Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:38:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@...oo.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] include/linux/mutex.h: unclear reference to convention

Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>:
> Another convention is that we put kernel-doc with the implementation
> (i.e., in .c files) when possible, not with the function prototype.
> Of course, for inline functions or macros in header files, that's
> where the kernel-doc has to live.
>
> so we don't need this patch.

 You should not expect that every reader of the kernel files is aware of 
that convention. I was not and therefore I sought referenced files for 
some time.





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