linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drm: fix parameters documentation style

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:21:29 +0100
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Benjamin GAIGNARD <benjamin.gaignard@...com>
Cc:     "maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com" 
        <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        "mripard@...nel.org" <mripard@...nel.org>,
        "airlied@...ux.ie" <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        "daniel@...ll.ch" <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm: fix parameters documentation style

Hi Benjamin.

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 08:11:01AM +0000, Benjamin GAIGNARD wrote:
> 
> On 1/18/20 10:41 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Hi Benjamin
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 05:01:35PM +0100, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> >> Remove old documentation style and use new one to avoid warnings when
> >> compiling with W=1
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...com>
> > Thanks for the warning fixes.
> > This is legacy stuff that is not even wired into the kernel-doc stuff.
> > But that is no excuse for old-style comments.
> 
> There is still quite a few of them in other drm files (drm_context.c,  
> drm_bufs.c, drm_vm.c, drm_lock.c)
> 
> but I don't know how to fix them. Your advices are welcome.

I have no strong opinion on way forward here.
But if someone (you?) type the patches and they are even acked,
we should not ignore them.

	Sam