linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 49/56] refcount.h: fix a kernel-doc markup

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Date:   Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:38:21 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 49/56] refcount.h: fix a kernel-doc markup

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 10:16:20AM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:10:59 +0100
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> escreveu:
> 
> > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 08:28:27AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > If the intent is to document the struct and its internal fields,
> > > this kernel-doc should work:
> > > 
> > > 	/**
> > > 	 * struct refcount_struct - variant of atomic_t specialized for reference counts
> > > 	 * @refs: atomic_t counter field
> > > 	 *
> > > 	 * The counter saturates at REFCOUNT_SATURATED and will not move once
> > > 	 * there. This avoids wrapping the counter and causing 'spurious'
> > > 	 * use-after-free bugs.
> > > 	 */
> > > 
> > > Which produces this result:  
> > 
> > Who cares... :-(
> 
> Anyone that would need to use refcount_t, instead of atomic_t.

They can read the .h file just fine today.