linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] overflow: Fix kern-doc markup for functions

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Message-ID: <YzIUS/+H2YA7RBvA@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:06:19 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] overflow: Fix kern-doc markup for functions

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 12:47:13PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> -/** check_add_overflow() - Calculate addition with overflow checking
> +/**
> + * check_add_overflow - Calculate addition with overflow checking
>   *
>   * @a: first addend
>   * @b: second addend

Why did you remove the ()?  And why didn't you delete the blank line?
According to our documentation, the canonical form is:

  /**
   * function_name() - Brief description of function.
   * @arg1: Describe the first argument.
   * @arg2: Describe the second argument.
   *        One can provide multiple line descriptions
   *        for arguments.

I don't usually complain about people getting that wrong, but when
people correct it to be wrong ...