From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F85ECE59D for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:48:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CD120872 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:48:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="qU7sjU5u" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388661AbfJPAs2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:48:28 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:41042 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726362AbfJPAs2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:48:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=pf6bbQYx9hUE+6rFYONnUuY9TK+2idQNGK21XGkY2xo=; b=qU7sjU5uXXip0NogETsugUAi3 jtRE/3LcBLi9RdoLLx/XlPfCCqP/SEyUzVoQs8WqvIypx8a18jDctjkK4Re6BQG2NHTAYVe2clHx9 Fc3+P2BkHiuODGY67O+nE61aVcc/8GpDa/jzNwRrmBaE2id/NXw+dKOwpSr6xQnMsQ4fuePOFe+js JIH8ZaatXc+A7TE44A1jvUJ6kUvX7Z+zadosMUcWzpR9cy44tC5hgJou/w2EXK7tpk4l7WdxUdnN+ jZ8v5qs2XXayMAz4jgQI/jbaEXemK0icN8biguipxmOtXSmNRCQ8+4zKpkdeeh7JWzTQO0Suarzpb TMB4py35Q==; Received: from willy by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1iKXUD-0005ri-Tc; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:48:21 +0000 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:48:21 -0700 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Changbin Du Cc: Thomas Zimmermann , Tim.Bird@sony.com, jani.nikula@linux.intel.com, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions' to 'specific' Message-ID: <20191016004821.GI32665@bombadil.infradead.org> References: <20191013055359.23312-1-changbin.du@gmail.com> <875zkrd7nq.fsf@intel.com> <7e7557b5-469f-3e63-6254-53dab2d7234a@suse.de> <20191015115439.GE32665@bombadil.infradead.org> <20191016000322.7dnuwvxqtdbg7clq@mail.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191016000322.7dnuwvxqtdbg7clq@mail.google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kselftest-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 08:03:24AM +0800, Changbin Du wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 04:54:39AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:25:53AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > > > My preference would be to use 'symbols'. I tried to come up with something > > > > but 'symbols' is better than anything I came up with. > > > > > > Maybe 'interfaces' or 'artifacts'. The term 'symbols' is just as > > > imprecise as 'functions'. > > > > I suggested 'identifier' because that's the term used in the C spec (6.2.1): > > > > : An identifier can denote an object; a function; a tag or a member > > : of a structure, union, or enumeration; a typedef name; a label name; > > : a macro name; or a macro parameter. > > I also prefer this one now. I was looking for something like this. My original > idea is 'prototype', but that is only for function. We could also go with 'declaration' or 'definition'. But I prefer 'identifier'.