On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:19:40 -0800 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/10/21 8:42 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 11:12:39PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote: > >> Hi Jason, > >> > >> FYI, the error/warning still remains. > > > > This is just a long standing kdoc misuse. > > > > vfio is not W=1 kdoc clean. > > > > Until someone takes a project to fix this comprehensively there is not > > much point in reporting new complaints related the existing mis-use.. > > Hi, > > Can we just remove all misused "/**" comments in vfio.c until > someone cares enough to use proper kernel-doc there? > > --- > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] vfio/vfio: remove all kernel-doc notation > > vfio.c abuses (misuses) "/**", which indicates the beginning of > kernel-doc notation in the kernel tree. This causes a bunch of > kernel-doc complaints about this source file, so quieten all of > them by changing all "/**" to "/*". > > vfio.c:236: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * IOMMU driver registration > vfio.c:236: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * IOMMU driver registration > vfio.c:295: warning: expecting prototype for Container objects(). Prototype was for vfio_container_get() instead > vfio.c:317: warning: expecting prototype for Group objects(). Prototype was for __vfio_group_get_from_iommu() instead > vfio.c:496: warning: Function parameter or member 'device' not described in 'vfio_device_put' > vfio.c:496: warning: expecting prototype for Device objects(). Prototype was for vfio_device_put() instead > vfio.c:599: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * Async device support > vfio.c:599: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * Async device support > vfio.c:693: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * VFIO driver API > vfio.c:693: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * VFIO driver API > vfio.c:835: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * Get a reference to the vfio_device for a device. Even if the > vfio.c:835: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * Get a reference to the vfio_device for a device. Even if the > vfio.c:969: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * VFIO base fd, /dev/vfio/vfio > vfio.c:969: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * VFIO base fd, /dev/vfio/vfio > vfio.c:1187: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * VFIO Group fd, /dev/vfio/$GROUP > vfio.c:1187: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * VFIO Group fd, /dev/vfio/$GROUP > vfio.c:1540: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * VFIO Device fd > vfio.c:1540: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * VFIO Device fd > vfio.c:1615: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * External user API, exported by symbols to be linked dynamically. > vfio.c:1615: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * External user API, exported by symbols to be linked dynamically. > vfio.c:1663: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * External user API, exported by symbols to be linked dynamically. > vfio.c:1663: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * External user API, exported by symbols to be linked dynamically. > vfio.c:1742: warning: Function parameter or member 'caps' not described in 'vfio_info_cap_add' > vfio.c:1742: warning: Function parameter or member 'size' not described in 'vfio_info_cap_add' > vfio.c:1742: warning: Function parameter or member 'id' not described in 'vfio_info_cap_add' > vfio.c:1742: warning: Function parameter or member 'version' not described in 'vfio_info_cap_add' > vfio.c:1742: warning: expecting prototype for Sub(). Prototype was for vfio_info_cap_add() instead > vfio.c:2276: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst > * Module/class support > vfio.c:2276: warning: missing initial short description on line: > * Module/class support > > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --- > drivers/vfio/vfio.c | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) These were never intended to be kernel-doc, thanks for the cleanup. I've scraped this into my for-linus branch with Jason and Connie's acks for v5.16. Thanks, Alex