linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: Document the new inline struct member kernel-doc style

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:56:53 +0200
From:   Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Document the new inline struct member kernel-doc style

On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch> wrote:
> We don't just need better doc toolchains, we also need better docs for
> our doc toolchain!

Mea culpa. Thanks, LGTM.

BR,
Jani.


> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
> index 10cc7ddb6235..a5bd12d8bd4e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
> @@ -484,7 +484,10 @@ span multiple lines. The continuation lines may contain indentation.
>  In-line member documentation comments
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  
> -The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition::
> +The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition.
> +There are two styles, single-line comments where both the opening ``/**`` and
> +closing ``*/`` are on the same line, and multi-line comments where they are each
> +on a line of their own, like all other kernel-doc comments::
>  
>    /**
>     * struct foo - Brief description.
> @@ -502,6 +505,8 @@ The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition::
>           * Here, the member description may contain several paragraphs.
>           */
>          int baz;
> +        /** @foo: Single line description. */
> +        int foo;
>    }
>  
>  Private members

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center