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Message-ID: <Yp8v1OPPOlb9A16D@kroah.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 13:00:36 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
Cc: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>,
Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Fix kernel-doc
On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 02:58:56PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 07:53:02AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 04:39:14PM +0800, Jiapeng Chong wrote:
> > > Fix the following W=1 kernel warnings:
> > >
> > > drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_phycfg.c:291: warning: expecting
> > > prototype for Function(). Prototype was for rtl8188e_PHY_SetRFReg()
> > > instead.
> > >
> > > drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_phycfg.c:257: warning: expecting
> > > prototype for Function(). Prototype was for rtl8188e_PHY_QueryRFReg()
> > > instead.
> >
> > Please put build warning lines all on one line.
> >
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
> >
> > No, gcc reported this, not a robot, right?
> >
> > You have read Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst for how to
> > properly document patches that are created by research tools like this,
> > right? Please fix this commit up to follow those requirements please.
> >
>
> Hi Greg and Jiapeng,
>
> First, IMO this is not research tool (in the sense of academic purposes),
> but development bot used in corporate environment, kinda like kernel
> test robot <lkp@...el.com>. When the bot reports any build warnings,
> these will be followed up by developers proposing fixes.
Ok, then please document it as such and point to where we can find out
more information about it.
> What I see in the patch message is just "Fix this warning..." without
> saying why there is the warning.
Which isn't ok.
> Second, gcc DOESN'T, again DOESN'T, report "expecting prototype"
> warnings. These are from scripts/kernel-doc, which enabled these
> warnings on W=1 build.
Yes, the kernel build reports this, not a random "robot".
> So the underlying problem is mismatching function name in kernel-doc
> comment and actual function.
Agreed, so the changelog should say as such.
thanks,
greg k-h
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