linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 7/7] tracing: probes: Add a kerneldoc for traceprobe_parse_event

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Message-ID: <175323430565.57270.2602609519355112748.stgit@devnote2>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:31:45 +0900
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 7/7] tracing: probes: Add a kerneldoc for traceprobe_parse_event_name()

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Since traceprobe_parse_event_name() is a bit complicated, add a
kerneldoc for explaining the behavior.

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 Changes in v4:
  - Move longer parameter description into Return section.
  - Rewrite the style according to
    Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
---
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c |   20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 9d26d901c9e5..4fb3d98e38ea 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -247,7 +247,25 @@ int traceprobe_split_symbol_offset(char *symbol, long *offset)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* @buf must has MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN size */
+/**
+ * traceprobe_parse_event_name() - Parse a string into group and event names
+ * @pevent: A pointer to the string to be parsed.
+ * @pgroup: A pointer to the group name.
+ * @buf:    A buffer to store the parsed group name.
+ * @offset: The offset of the string in the original user command, for logging.
+ *
+ * This parses a string with the format `[GROUP/][EVENT]` or `[GROUP.][EVENT]`
+ * (either GROUP or EVENT or both must be specified).
+ * Since the parsed group name is stored in @buf, the caller must ensure @buf
+ * is at least MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN bytes.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, or -EINVAL on failure.
+ *
+ * If success, *@...ent is updated to point to the event name part of the
+ * original string, or NULL if there is no event name.
+ * Also, *@...oup is updated to point to the parsed group which is stored
+ * in @buf, or NULL if there is no group name.
+ */
 int traceprobe_parse_event_name(const char **pevent, const char **pgroup,
 				char *buf, int offset)
 {