linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] Phonet: fix kernel-doc syntax in file headers and remove file names

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Date:   Sat, 22 May 2021 17:04:08 +0530
From:   Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
To:     courmisch@...il.com
Cc:     yashsri421@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
        rdunlap@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] Phonet: fix kernel-doc syntax in file headers and remove file names

The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
kernel-doc comments.
For e.g., the header for include/linux/phonet.h 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: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
 * file phonet.h

Provide a simple fix by replacing this occurrence with general comment
format, i.e. '/*', to prevent kernel-doc from parsing it.

Also remove the redundant file name from the comment headers.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Remove file name information from comment headers as well, as suggested by Randy and Remi

 include/linux/phonet.h      | 4 +---
 include/uapi/linux/phonet.h | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/phonet.h b/include/linux/phonet.h
index bc7d1e529efc..6117a0e462d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/phonet.h
+++ b/include/linux/phonet.h
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/**
- * file phonet.h
- *
+/*
  * Phonet sockets kernel interface
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Nokia Corporation. All rights reserved.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/phonet.h b/include/uapi/linux/phonet.h
index a2f6b37a5937..e7e14b5e59c6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/phonet.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/phonet.h
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
-/**
- * file phonet.h
- *
+/*
  * Phonet sockets kernel interface
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Nokia Corporation. All rights reserved.
-- 
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