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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:58:28 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: rcu kernel-doc issues (4.14-rc1)
Hi Jonathan and Paul,
Please include these fixes before 4.14 final.
Thanks.
On 09/17/17 12:49, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:57:42AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 09/17/17 10:47, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 09:41:45PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 06:26:04PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>>> On 4.14-rc1, I am seeing lots of warnings on rcu kernel-doc:
>>>>>
>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h
>>>>> :external:
>>>>> ./Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst:357: ERROR: Error in "kernel-doc" directive:
>>>>> unknown option: "external".
>>>>
>>>> $ grep external include/linux/rcupdate.h
>>>> * by a single external-to-structure RCU-protected pointer, then you may
>>>> * external-to-structure pointer -after- you have completely initialized
>>>>
>>>> Do these comments somehow qualify as an "external" option? If so, how
>>>> do I tell kernel-doc to ignore them? Or must I reword them to avoid
>>>> the word "external"?
>>>>
>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h
>>>>> :external:
>>>>> ./Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst:360: ERROR: Error in "kernel-doc" directive:
>>>>> unknown option: "external".
>>>>
>>>> $ grep external include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h
>>>>
>>>> There is no occurrence of the string "external" in this file. So this
>>>> "external" option is unknown to me as well. So, any hints on how I
>>>> should interpret these error messages?
>>>
>>> And thanks to Akira Yokosawa for pointing out my confusion in reading
>>> these error messages. The line numbers of course apply to the file
>>> Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst rather than the various RCU
>>> C-language source files.
>>>
>>> The patch below removes the error messages for me. Is this what you
>>> had in mind? (Might need other options at some point, but somewhere
>>> to start.)
>>>
>>
>> Yes, much better. Thanks.
>>
>> Just some missing kernel-doc on parameters mostly remaining:
>
> I have now fixed a number of these, thank you.
>
> Any hints for how to represent code samples within a "/**" comment?
>
> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:559: ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:563: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:777: ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:778: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:818: warning: No description found for parameter 'p'
>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:818: warning: No description found for parameter 'v'
>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:826: warning: No description found for parameter 'p'
>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:826: warning: No description found for parameter 'v'
>> ../include/linux/srcu.h:95: warning: No description found for parameter 'sp'
>> ../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:873: warning: No description found for parameter 'rhp'
>> ../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:873: warning: Excess function parameter 'head' description in 'call_srcu'
>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:302: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * list_first_or_null_rcu - get the first element from a list
>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'ptr'
>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'type'
>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'member'
>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:94: warning: No description found for parameter 'rsp'
>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:162: warning: No description found for parameter 'rcu'
>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:162: warning: Excess function parameter 'rsp' description in 'rcu_sync_func'
>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
>>> index 8282099e0cbf..30b2666bf494 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
>>> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
>>> @@ -352,44 +352,44 @@ Read-Copy Update (RCU)
>>> ----------------------
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcutree.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree.c
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/update.c
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/srcu.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_bl.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_nulls.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcu_sync.h
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
>>>
>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/sync.c
>>> - :external:
>>> + :export
--
~Randy
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