linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] Protectable Memory

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Message-Id: <20180212125347.GE20737@rapoport-lnx>
Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:53:47 +0200
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...wei.com>
Cc:     willy@...radead.org, rdunlap@...radead.org, corbet@....net,
        keescook@...omium.org, mhocko@...nel.org, labbott@...hat.com,
        jglisse@...hat.com, hch@...radead.org, cl@...ux.com,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Protectable Memory

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 01:43:11PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 01:26:28PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote:
> > On 11/02/18 14:37, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 05:19:18AM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote:
> > 
> > >> + * Return: 0 if the object does not belong to pmalloc, 1 if it belongs to
> > >> + * pmalloc, -1 if it partially overlaps pmalloc meory, but incorectly.
> > > 
> > > typo:                                            ^ memory
> > 
> > thanks :-(
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > >> +/**
> > >> + * When the sysfs is ready to receive registrations, connect all the
> > >> + * pools previously created. Also enable further pools to be connected
> > >> + * right away.
> > >> + */
> > > 
> > > This does not seem as kernel-doc comment. Please either remove the second *
> > > from the opening comment mark or reformat the comment.
> > 
> > For this too, I thought I had caught them all, but I was wrong ...
> > 
> > I didn't find any mention of automated checking for comments.
> > Is there such tool?
> 
> I don't know if there is a tool. I couldn't find anything in scripts, maybe
> somebody have such tool out of tree.
> 
> For now, I've added mm-api.rst that includes all mm .c files and run 'make
> htmldocs' which spits plenty of warnings and errors.

Actually, you can run 'scripts/kernel-doc -v -none <filename>' to check
comments starting with '/**'. I afraid it won't catch formatted blocks that
start with '/*'
 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.