linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/10] docs: kernel-doc: improve typedef documentation

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Message-Id: <ee1660a659d071477e5c0da0549a540011e6a4ad.1506448061.git.mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:59:16 -0300
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
To:     Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] docs: kernel-doc: improve typedef documentation

Add documentation about typedefs for function prototypes and
move it to happen earlier.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
---
 Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
index 68cb1b496c73..9777aa53e3dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -282,6 +282,28 @@ The kernel-doc data structure comments describe each member of the structure,
 in order, with the member descriptions.
 
 
+Typedef documentation
+---------------------
+
+The general format of a typedef kernel-doc comment is::
+
+  /**
+   * typedef type_name - Brief description.
+   *
+   * Description of the type.
+   */
+
+Typedefs with function prototypes can also be documented::
+
+  /**
+   * typedef type_name - Brief description.
+   * @arg1: description of arg1
+   * @arg2: description of arg2
+   *
+   * Description of the type.
+   */
+   typedef void (*type_name)(struct v4l2_ctrl *arg1, void *arg2);
+
 
 Highlights and cross-references
 -------------------------------
@@ -384,16 +406,6 @@ on a line of their own, like all other kernel-doc comments::
         int foobar;
   }
 
-Typedef documentation
----------------------
-
-The general format of a typedef kernel-doc comment is::
-
-  /**
-   * typedef type_name - Brief description.
-   *
-   * Description of the type.
-   */
 
 Overview documentation comments
 -------------------------------
-- 
2.13.5