linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio/consumer.h: don't use "/**" for non-kernel-doc comments

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:24:53 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio/consumer.h: don't use "/**" for non-kernel-doc comments

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:

> Use "/*" to begin non-kernel-doc comments instead of "/**",
> which indicates the beginning of kernel-doc notation.
>
> Quietens these kernel-doc warnings:
>
> consumer.h:13: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
>  * Opaque descriptor for a GPIO. These are obtained using gpiod_get() and are
> consumer.h:13: warning: missing initial short description on line:
>  * Opaque descriptor for a GPIO. These are obtained using gpiod_get() and are
> consumer.h:22: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
>  * Opaque descriptor for a structure of GPIO array attributes.  This structure
> consumer.h:22: warning: missing initial short description on line:
>  * Opaque descriptor for a structure of GPIO array attributes.  This structure
> consumer.h:30: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
>  * Struct containing an array of descriptors that can be obtained using
> consumer.h:30: warning: missing initial short description on line:
>  * Struct containing an array of descriptors that can be obtained using
> consumer.h:46: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
>  * Optional flags that can be passed to one of gpiod_* to configure direction
> consumer.h:46: warning: missing initial short description on line:
>  * Optional flags that can be passed to one of gpiod_* to configure direction
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org

In this case the ambition was to provide proper kerneldoc for sure.

Is it possible to just fix the documentation?

Yours,
Linus Walleij