linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] script: add a script for checking doc problems with external functions

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Message-ID: <87tuv6igwg.fsf@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:23:11 +0300
From:   Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] script: add a script for checking doc problems with external functions

On Tue, 06 Oct 2020, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> wrote:
> While not all EXPORT_SYMBOL*() symbols should be documented,
> it seems useful to have a tool which would help to check what
> symbols aren't documented.
>
> This is a first step on this direction. The tool has some
> limitations. Yet, it could be useful for maintainers to check
> about missing documents on their subsystems.

Seems like this should be part of checkpatch.pl somehow.


BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center