linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/17] linux: v4l2-vp9.h: Fix kerneldoc

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 11:44:13 +0100
From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
 Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] linux: v4l2-vp9.h: Fix kerneldoc

On 05/02/2024 11:39, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/5/24 02:29, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>> On 27/01/2024 10:57, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>> Hi Ricardo,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 11:16:16PM +0000, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
>>>> Kerneldoc cannot understand arrays defined like
>>>> v4l2_frame_symbol_counts.
>>>>
>>>> Adding an asterisk to the name does do the trick.
>>>>
>>>> Disable the kerneldoc notation for now, it is already ignored:
>>>> https://docs.kernel.org/search.html?q=v4l2_vp9_frame_symbol_counts
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be nicer to fix kerneldoc instead? It might not be difficult at
>>> all.
>>>
>>> Feel free to, but I can also give it a try.
>>>
>>
>> It would be nice to have this fixed in kerneldoc itself. I'm holding this
>> patch back for two weeks to see if someone wants to work on kerneldoc.
>>
>> If not, then I'll take this anyway to fix the noise in our build.
>>
>> Note that while this header is indeed ignored in the documentation, that
>> is really more a bug and it would be nice to actually include this header
>> somewhere in our documentation. So fixing these kerneldoc warnings one way
>> or another is something that we should do.
>>
> 
> It's just waiting for Jon to apply it: (from Sakari)
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240131084934.191226-1-sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com/

Ah, that patch was CCed to me but not to linux-media, and I only searched linux-media
for it so I missed it. Good news that this is fixed in the right place.

I marked this 17/17 patch as Obsoleted in patchwork.

Regards,

	Hans