netdev - Re: [RFC bpf-next] bpf: document eBPF helpers and add a script to generate man page

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Message-ID: <cf228f29-1d41-be4f-7b6b-b1c47ab9f4fa@netronome.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:21:04 +0100
From:   Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@...ronome.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, ast@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-man@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC bpf-next] bpf: document eBPF helpers and add a script to
 generate man page

2018-04-09 18:47 UTC-0700 ~ Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 02:25:26PM +0100, Quentin Monnet wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, I am fine with keeping just signatures, descriptions and return
>> values for now. I will submit a new version with only those items.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Could you also split it into few patches?
>  include/uapi/linux/bpf.h   | 2237 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py |  568 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 2429 insertions(+), 376 deletions(-)
> 
> replying back and forth on a single patch of such size will be tedious
> for others to follow.
> May be document ~10 helpers at a time ? Total of ~7 patches and extra
> patch for .py ?
> 

Sure, I'll do that. And I'll try to group helpers in a patch by author,
it should also help for reviewing the descriptions.

Quentin