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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
	Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 49/56] refcount.h: fix a kernel-doc markup
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:47:57 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201023134757.628f91b7@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201023193907.GI2974@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:39:07 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> > >  /**
> > > - * struct refcount_t - variant of atomic_t specialized for reference counts
> > > + * struct refcount_struct - variant of atomic_t specialized for reference counts  
> > 
> > Hm, this is a weird one. Yes, it's actually "struct refcount_struct",
> > but the usage should be refcount_t (through the typedef). I'm not sure
> > what the right way to document this is.  
> 
> Yeah, this is wrong. If this is due to a kernel doc warning, the kernel
> doc machinery is wrong *again*.

...except that, since refcount_t is a typedef, "struct refcount_t" doesn't
actually exist.  Whether it works properly after doing s/struct// remains
to be seen...

jon

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-23 19:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 122+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-23 16:32 [PATCH v3 00/56] Fix several bad kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 01/56] scripts: kernel-doc: fix typedef parsing Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:22   ` Jonathan Corbet
2020-10-23 18:01     ` Joe Perches
2020-10-26  7:03       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-27  3:55         ` Joe Perches
2020-10-27  8:37           ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-24  6:43     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-26  5:55     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 02/56] drm: amdgpu_dm: fix a typo Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 19:02   ` Alex Deucher
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 03/56] amdgpu: fix a few kernel-doc markup issues Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:38   ` Christian König
2020-10-23 18:58     ` Alex Deucher
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 04/56] drm: drm_print.h: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 05/56] s390: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 06/56] x86: mtrr: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 07/56] block: blk-mq: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 18:20   ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 08/56] ata: fix some kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 18:21   ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 09/56] drivers: base: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 10/56] EDAC: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-11-02 19:37   ` Borislav Petkov
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 11/56] drm/amdgpu: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:50   ` Christian König
2020-10-23 18:59     ` Alex Deucher
2020-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH v3 12/56] drm: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 13/56] HSI: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 14/56] IB: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-24 21:50   ` Max Gurtovoy
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 15/56] media: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:27   ` Sakari Ailus
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 16/56] mei: bus: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 17/56] mtd: rawnand: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-30 17:27   ` Miquel Raynal
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 18/56] net: phy: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 21:04   ` Andrew Lunn
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 19/56] net: datagram: fix some " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 20/56] net: core: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 21/56] mac80211: fix " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-27  7:26   ` Johannes Berg
2020-10-27  8:00     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 22/56] parport: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 23/56] PCI: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:43   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-10-24  7:30     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-11-05 14:44   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 24/56] PNP: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-27 18:24   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 25/56] rapidio: fix kernel-doc a markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 26/56] regulator: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 27/56] scsi: fix some kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-27  1:54   ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 28/56] slimbus: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-26 14:52   ` Srinivas Kandagatla
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 29/56] spi: fix a typo inside " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 30/56] uio: fix some kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 31/56] usb: dwc3: fix " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-27  6:58   ` Felipe Balbi
2020-10-28  9:08     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-28  9:13       ` Felipe Balbi
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 32/56] video: fix some " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 33/56] vme: fix two " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 34/56] fs: fix " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 35/56] jbd2: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:57   ` Jan Kara
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 36/56] locks: fix a typo at a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-26 12:01   ` Jeff Layton
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 37/56] pstore/zone: fix " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:40   ` Kees Cook
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 38/56] clk: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-11-05  2:01   ` Stephen Boyd
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 39/56] completion: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 40/56] firmware: stratix10-svc: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-27 17:31   ` Richard Gong
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 41/56] connector: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 42/56] lib/crc7: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 43/56] hrtimer: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 44/56] genirq: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 45/56] iio: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-29 15:43   ` Jonathan Cameron
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 46/56] list: fix a typo at the " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:55   ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-10-23 20:50   ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 47/56] memblock: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-25  6:34   ` Mike Rapoport
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 48/56] sound: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 18:26   ` Mark Brown
2020-10-26 13:46   ` Takashi Iwai
2020-10-26 14:14     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-26 14:25       ` Takashi Iwai
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 49/56] refcount.h: fix a kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:40   ` Kees Cook
2020-10-23 19:39     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-10-23 19:47       ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2020-10-24  6:28         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-26  8:10           ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-10-26  9:16             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-26  9:38               ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 50/56] w1: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 51/56] audit: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-25 22:10   ` Paul Moore
2020-10-25 22:38     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-28  0:59       ` Paul Moore
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 52/56] resource: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 53/56] shed: fix kernel-doc markup Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:53   ` Steven Rostedt
2020-10-26 10:07     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 54/56] mm: fix kernel-doc markups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:46   ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 55/56] selftests: kselftest_harness.h: partially " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 17:39   ` Kees Cook
2020-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH v3 56/56] scrpits: kernel-doc: validate kernel-doc markup with the actual names Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 20:02   ` kernel test robot
2020-10-23 20:34   ` kernel test robot
2020-11-05 15:00   ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-11-05 15:15     ` Jonathan Corbet
2020-11-05 15:30       ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-11-05 15:20     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-10-23 18:12 ` [PATCH v3 00/56] Fix several bad kernel-doc markups Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-23 18:22   ` Mark Brown

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