linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] counter: linux/counter.h: fix Excess kernel-doc description warning

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Message-ID: <ZYw2SkkEzSW2C2gN@ubuntu-server-vm-macos>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 14:35:54 +0000
From: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@...aro.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] counter: linux/counter.h: fix Excess kernel-doc
 description warning

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 09:05:11PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Remove the @priv: line to prevent the kernel-doc warning:
> 
> include/linux/counter.h:400: warning: Excess struct member 'priv' description in 'counter_device'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Cc: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@...aro.org>
> Cc: linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  include/linux/counter.h |    1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -- a/include/linux/counter.h b/include/linux/counter.h
> --- a/include/linux/counter.h
> +++ b/include/linux/counter.h
> @@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ struct counter_ops {
>   * @num_counts:		number of Counts specified in @counts
>   * @ext:		optional array of Counter device extensions
>   * @num_ext:		number of Counter device extensions specified in @ext
> - * @priv:		optional private data supplied by driver
>   * @dev:		internal device structure
>   * @chrdev:		internal character device structure
>   * @events_list:	list of current watching Counter events

Hi Randy,

Would you provide a Fixes tag for the commit that removed the 'priv'
member so we can track when this warning appeared? You can respond with
it to this thread and I'll add it in when I merge your patch.

Thanks,

William Breathitt Gray

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