linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpu: drm: context: Clean up documentation

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Date:   Fri, 6 Mar 2020 10:46:05 +0100
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:     Benjamin GAIGNARD <benjamin.gaignard@...com>
Cc:     Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ML dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpu: drm: context: Clean up documentation

On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 04:42:09PM +0000, Benjamin GAIGNARD wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/4/20 5:07 PM, Emil Velikov wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 08:11, Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...com> wrote:
> >> Fix kernel doc comments to avoid warnings when compiling with W=1.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...com>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c | 145 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> >>   1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
> >>
> > Since we're talking about legacy, aka user mode-setting code, I think
> > a wiser solution is to simply remove the documentation. It is _not_
> > something we should encourage people to read, let alone use.
> >
> > Nit: prefix should be "drm:"
> Should I assume it is the same for drm_vm.c and drm_bufs.c ?

Yeah. In other legacy files all I've done is replace the /** with /* and
that's it. That shuts up kerneldoc validation for good with minimal
effort. Just not worth it to spend any time and polish on these :-)
-Daniel
-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch