linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio:dummy: Fix coding style in Kconfig

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Date:   Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:24:28 +0000
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com>
Cc:     Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        daniel.baluta@....com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio:dummy: Fix coding style in Kconfig

On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:28:04 -0300
Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com> wrote:

> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning:
> 
> drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig:21: WARNING: please write a paragraph that
> describes the config symbol fully
> drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig:29: WARNING: please write a paragraph that
> describes the config symbol fully
> 
> This patch expands the explanation about IIO_DUMMY_EVGEN by using the
> code documentation found in iio/dummy/iio_dummy_evgen.c. In the same
> way, the information related to IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY_BUFFER was extracted
> from file iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c. Finally, this patch apply the
> coding-style for Kconfig files (Documentation/process/coding-style.rst)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com>

Several different things going on in the one patch, please do
it as a short series with one thing per patch.

Certainly do the coding style separately from the additional documentation.

Thanks,

Jonathan


> ---
>  drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig
> index 5a29fbd3c531..4a7127fb2979 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig
> @@ -9,20 +9,24 @@ config IIO_DUMMY_EVGEN
>  	tristate
>  
>  config IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY
> -       tristate "An example driver with no hardware requirements"
> -       depends on IIO_SW_DEVICE
> -       help
> -	 Driver intended mainly as documentation for how to write
> -	 a driver. May also be useful for testing userspace code
> -	 without hardware.
> +	tristate "An example driver with no hardware requirements"
> +	depends on IIO_SW_DEVICE
> +	help
> +	  Driver intended mainly as documentation for how to write
> +	  a driver. May also be useful for testing userspace code
> +	  without hardware.
>  
>  if IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY
>  
>  config IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY_EVENTS
> -       bool "Event generation support"
> -       select IIO_DUMMY_EVGEN
> -       help
> -         Add some dummy events to the simple dummy driver.
> +	bool "Event generation support"
> +	select IIO_DUMMY_EVGEN
> +	help
> +	  Add some dummy events to the simple dummy driver.
> +
> +	  The purpose of this is to generate 'fake' event interrupts thus
> +	  allowing that driver's code to be as close as possible to that
> +	  a normal driver talking to hardware.
>  
>  config IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY_BUFFER
>  	bool "Buffered capture support"
> @@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ config IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY_BUFFER
>  	help
>  	  Add buffered data capture to the simple dummy driver.
>  
> +	  Buffer handling elements of industrial I/O reference driver.
> +	  Uses the kfifo buffer.
>  endif # IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY
>  
>  endmenu