linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc: restore warning for Excess struct/union

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:26:48 +0100
From: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc: restore warning for Excess
 struct/union

On 21/12/2023 16:20, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> It's mostly done; I've gotten it down to under 200 and sent patches to
> make the changes.  Randy is working on it too, I know.  It's not always
> just deletion, but the fixes are usually pretty straightforward.

Ah, cool. Will leave it to you, then.

>> On a related note, it might be useful to have some kind of "status page"
>> somewhere on the web for the docs where you can see a list of unresolved
>> documentation warnings in mainline/docs-next/next without having to do a
>> local build first (as a way to solicit contributions).
> 
> I suppose, but how do you know you've properly addressed the warning if
> you don't do a build afterward?  I don't see that saving a whole lot of
> effort, but maybe I'm missing something?

You would definitely have to do local builds too, it's just about
raising awareness of remaining issues and lowering the barrier for
drive-by contributors to picking something to work on. I can only speak
for myself but I find it easier to go look at a list of known problems
than initiating a docs build and waiting for it to come back.

Syzbot has monthly per-subsystem reports now (since ~March, AFAICT):

https://lore.kernel.org/all/0000000000007fbf7a060cc67998@google.com/

A monthly email is maybe even better than what I suggested.

Anyway, I'll try something out, we can see how it works.

Vegard