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Message-ID: <CAJHePoabyUCxwS_hTjhR+MEJ+JBm+kr2MdbP4zP_54t_geRqwQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:35:58 +0500
From: Muhammad Muzammil <m.muzzammilashraf@...il.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: corbet@....net, gustavoars@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel-doc: Bug fixed for erroneous warning

HI,

1) I already have the below patch but it does not work.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20231215001347.work.151-kees@kernel.org/

2) When I applied the below patch. It works.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/87le9rjb4y.fsf@meer.lwn.net/

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 11:29 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 12/19/23 22:24, Muhammad Muzammil wrote:
> > From: Muzammil Ashraf <m.muzzammilashraf@...il.com>
> >
> > kernel-doc: fixed erroneous warning generated by '__counted_by'
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Muzammil Ashraf <m.muzzammilashraf@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  scripts/kernel-doc | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
> > index 1484127db104..ea9688df0e93 100755
> > --- a/scripts/kernel-doc
> > +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
> > @@ -1661,6 +1661,7 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$) {
> >                       }
> >                       elsif (($decl_type eq "struct") or
> >                              ($decl_type eq "union")) {
> > +                next if (index("@_", "__counted_by") != -1);
> >                               emit_warning("${file}:$.",
> >                                       "Excess $decl_type member " .
> >                                       "'$sects[$sx]' " .
>
> One of both of these patches should be enough. Can you test these
> instead of your patch, please?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20231215001347.work.151-kees@kernel.org/
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/87le9rjb4y.fsf@meer.lwn.net/
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> #Randy
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