linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] doc-guide: kernel-doc: tell about object-like macros

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Date: Sat,  6 Jan 2024 17:24:00 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] doc-guide: kernel-doc: tell about object-like macros

Since 2014 kernel-doc has supported describing object-like macros
but it is not documented anywhere. I should have required some
documentation for it when I merged the patch. :(

There are currently only 3 uses of this (all in DRM headers, in
include/drm/*.h).

Add object-like macro kernel-doc documentation now so that more may
know about it and use it.

Fixes: cbb4d3e6510b ("scripts/kernel-doc: handle object-like macros")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
---
v2: Previous attempts to use kernel-doc were for data definitions,
    not macros, so remove that comment.
    Remove a duplicate word in the patch description.
    Add examples.

 Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst |   45 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff -- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -341,6 +341,51 @@ Typedefs with function prototypes can al
    */
    typedef void (*type_name)(struct v4l2_ctrl *arg1, void *arg2);
 
+Object-like macro documentation
+-------------------------------
+
+Object-like macros are distinct from function-like macros. They are
+differentiated by whether the macro name is immediately followed by a
+left parenthesis ('(') for function-like macros or not followed by one
+for object-like macros.
+
+Function-like macros are handled like functions by ``scripts/kernel-doc``.
+They may have a parameter list. Object-like macros have do not have a
+parameter list.
+
+The general format of an object-like macro kernel-doc comment is::
+
+  /**
+   * define object_name - Brief description.
+   *
+   * Description of the object.
+   */
+
+Example::
+
+  /**
+   * define MAX_ERRNO - maximum errno value that is supported
+   *
+   * Kernel pointers have redundant information, so we can use a
+   * scheme where we can return either an error code or a normal
+   * pointer with the same return value.
+   */
+  #define MAX_ERRNO	4095
+
+Example::
+
+  /**
+   * define DRM_GEM_VRAM_PLANE_HELPER_FUNCS - \
+   *	Initializes struct drm_plane_helper_funcs for VRAM handling
+   *
+   * This macro initializes struct drm_plane_helper_funcs to use the
+   * respective helper functions.
+   */
+  #define DRM_GEM_VRAM_PLANE_HELPER_FUNCS \
+	.prepare_fb = drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_prepare_fb, \
+	.cleanup_fb = drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_cleanup_fb
+
+
 Highlights and cross-references
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