linux-kernel - Re: drivers/vfio/vfio.c:293: warning: expecting prototype for Container objects(). Prototype was for vfio_container

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Message-ID: <20211110232655.GE1740502@nvidia.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:26:55 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: drivers/vfio/vfio.c:293: warning: expecting prototype for
 Container objects(). Prototype was for vfio_container_get() instead

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 03:19:40PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 11/10/21 8:42 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 11:12:39PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > Hi Jason,
> > > 
> > > FYI, the error/warning still remains.
> > 
> > This is just a long standing kdoc misuse.
> > 
> > vfio is not W=1 kdoc clean.
> > 
> > Until someone takes a project to fix this comprehensively there is not
> > much point in reporting new complaints related the existing mis-use..
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can we just remove all misused "/**" comments in vfio.c until
> someone cares enough to use proper kernel-doc there?

No objection from me

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason