linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: mtd-abi: Don't use C++ comments

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:56:58 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: mtd-abi: Don't use C++ comments

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 8:55 AM Nathan Chancellor
<natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
>
> When compiled standalone after commit b91976b7c0e3 ("kbuild:
> compile-test UAPI headers to ensure they are self-contained"),
> a warning about the C++ comments appears:
>
>   In file included from usr/include/mtd/mtd-user.hdrtest.c:1:
>   In file included from ./usr/include/mtd/mtd-user.h:25:
>   ./usr/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h:116:28: warning: // comments are not
>   allowed in this language [-Wcomment]
>   #define MTD_NANDECC_OFF         0       // Switch off ECC (Not recommended)
>                                           ^
>   1 warning generated.
>
> Replace them with standard C comments so this warning no longer occurs.

Should there be a fixes by tag?
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers