linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] of: device: Fix function name in header and demote kernel-doc abuse

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Message-ID: <20210312150708.GU701493@dell>
Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:07:08 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] of: device: Fix function name in header and demote
 kernel-doc abuse

On Fri, 12 Mar 2021, Rob Herring wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 4:08 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> >
> >  drivers/of/device.c:72: warning: expecting prototype for of_dma_configure(). Prototype was for of_dma_configure_id() instead
> >  drivers/of/device.c:263: warning: Function parameter or member 'dev' not described in 'of_device_modalias'
> >  drivers/of/device.c:263: warning: Function parameter or member 'str' not described in 'of_device_modalias'
> >  drivers/of/device.c:263: warning: Function parameter or member 'len' not described in 'of_device_modalias'
> >  drivers/of/device.c:280: warning: Function parameter or member 'dev' not described in 'of_device_uevent'
> >  drivers/of/device.c:280: warning: Function parameter or member 'env' not described in 'of_device_uevent'
> >
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
> > Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/of/device.c | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
> > index 6cb86de404f1c..64ee363abde24 100644
> > --- a/drivers/of/device.c
> > +++ b/drivers/of/device.c
> > @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int of_device_add(struct platform_device *ofdev)
> >  }
> >
> >  /**
> > - * of_dma_configure - Setup DMA configuration
> > + * of_dma_configure_id - Setup DMA configuration
> >   * @dev:       Device to apply DMA configuration
> >   * @np:                Pointer to OF node having DMA configuration
> >   * @force_dma:  Whether device is to be set up by of_dma_configure() even if
> > @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ int of_device_request_module(struct device *dev)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_device_request_module);
> >
> > -/**
> > +/*
> 
> We should fix the kerneldoc on public functions. Demoting is fine on
> static or internal to the DT code.

This file is not referenced by Kernel-Doc.

  `git grep kernel-doc:: | grep drivers/of`

> >   * of_device_modalias - Fill buffer with newline terminated modalias string
> >   */
> >  ssize_t of_device_modalias(struct device *dev, char *str, ssize_t len)
> > @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ ssize_t of_device_modalias(struct device *dev, char *str, ssize_t len)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_device_modalias);
> >
> > -/**
> > +/*
> >   * of_device_uevent - Display OF related uevent information
> >   */
> >  void of_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
> >

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