linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] extcon: Add new extcon_register_notifier

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Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:24:14 +0900
From:   Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, chanwoo@...nel.org,
        MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] extcon: Add new extcon_register_notifier_all() to
 monitor all external connectors

On 2017년 03월 30일 18:05, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com> wrote:
>> The extcon core already provides the extcon_register_notifier() function
>> in order to register the notifier block which is used to monitor
>> the status change for the specific external connector such as EXTCON_USB,
>> EXTCON_USB_HOST and so on. The extcon consumer uses the this function.
>>
>> The extcon consumer may need to monitor the all supported external
>> connectors from the extcon device. In this case, The extcon consumer
>> should have each notifier_block structure for each external connector.
>>
>> This patch adds the new extcon_register_notifier_all() function
>> that extcon consumer is able to monitor the status change of all
>> supported external connectors by using only one notifier_block structure.
>>
> 
>> +/**
>> + * extcon_register_notifier_all() - Register a notifier block to get the noti
>> + *                             of the status change for all supported external
>> + *                             connectors from extcon.
>> + * @edev:      the extcon device that has the external connecotr.
>> + * @nb:                a notifier block to be registered.
>> + *
>> + * Note that the second parameter given to the callback of nb (val) is
>> + * the current state and third parameter is the edev pointer.
>> + */
> 
> Have you checked how it looks like in resulting document file (man /
> html / ...) ?
> My concern is multi-line short function description.
> 

Actually, I didn't consider the document file as you mentioned.
Do you think need to add more detailed description?

-- 
Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics