linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: dwc3: imx8mp: fix incorrect kernel-doc comment syntax

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Message-ID: <2c4c916c-6395-9df2-7e57-40af4d5faa3b@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:02:22 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>, balbi@...nel.org
Cc:     lukas.bulwahn@...il.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        shawnguo@...nel.org, s.hauer@...gutronix.de, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        festevam@...il.com, linux-imx@....com,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: dwc3: imx8mp: fix incorrect kernel-doc comment
 syntax

On 3/29/21 7:26 AM, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
> kernel-doc comments.
> The header for drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-imx8mp.c follows this syntax, but the
> content inside does not comply with kernel-doc.
> 
> This line was probably not meant for kernel-doc parsing, but is parsed
> due to the presence of kernel-doc like comment syntax(i.e, '/**'), which
> causes unexpected warning from kernel-doc:
> "warning: expecting prototype for dwc3(). Prototype was for USB_WAKEUP_CTRL() instead"
> 
> Provide a simple fix by replacing this occurrence with general comment
> format, i.e. '/*', to prevent kernel-doc from parsing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

> ---
> * Applies perfectly on next-20210326
> 
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-imx8mp.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-imx8mp.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-imx8mp.c
> index 75f0042b998b..b13cfab89d53 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-imx8mp.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-imx8mp.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -/**
> +/*
>   * dwc3-imx8mp.c - NXP imx8mp Specific Glue layer
>   *
>   * Copyright (c) 2020 NXP.
> 


-- 
~Randy