Hi Andy,
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 10:57:08PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Some of the functions do not provide a Return: section on absence of which
> kernel-doc complains. Besides that several functions return the fwnode
> handle with bumped reference count. Add a respective note to make sure
> that the caller drops it when it's not needed anymore.
>
> While at it, unify the style of the Return: sections.
>
> Reported-by: Daniel Kaehn <kaehndan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/property.c | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
> index 083a95791d3b..b75e63984702 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/property.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/property.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__dev_fwnode_const);
> * @propname: Name of the property
> *
> * Check if property @propname is present in the device firmware description.
> + *
> + * Return: true if property @propname is present. Otherwise, returns false.
> */
> bool device_property_present(struct device *dev, const char *propname)
> {
> @@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_property_present);
> * fwnode_property_present - check if a property of a firmware node is present
> * @fwnode: Firmware node whose property to check
> * @propname: Name of the property
> + *
> + * Return: true if property @propname is present. Otherwise, returns false.
> */
> bool fwnode_property_present(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> const char *propname)
> @@ -511,7 +515,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_property_match_string);
> * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned
> * args->fwnode pointer.
> *
> - * Returns: %0 on success
> + * Return: %0 on success
> * %-ENOENT when the index is out of bounds, the index has an empty
> * reference or the property was not found
> * %-EINVAL on parse error
> @@ -547,8 +551,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_property_get_reference_args);
> *
> * @index can be used when the named reference holds a table of references.
> *
> - * Returns pointer to the reference fwnode, or ERR_PTR. Caller is responsible to
> - * call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode pointer.
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: a pointer to the reference fwnode, or an error pointer.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *fwnode_find_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> const char *name,
> @@ -567,7 +573,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_find_reference);
> * fwnode_get_name - Return the name of a node
> * @fwnode: The firmware node
> *
> - * Returns a pointer to the node name.
> + * Return: a pointer to the node name, or %NULL.
> */
> const char *fwnode_get_name(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> {
> @@ -579,7 +585,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_name);
> * fwnode_get_name_prefix - Return the prefix of node for printing purposes
> * @fwnode: The firmware node
> *
> - * Returns the prefix of a node, intended to be printed right before the node.
> + * Return: the prefix of a node, intended to be printed right before the node.
> * The prefix works also as a separator between the nodes.
> */
> const char *fwnode_get_name_prefix(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> @@ -591,7 +597,10 @@ const char *fwnode_get_name_prefix(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> * fwnode_get_parent - Return parent firwmare node
> * @fwnode: Firmware whose parent is retrieved
> *
> - * Return parent firmware node of the given node if possible or %NULL if no
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: parent firmware node of the given node if possible or %NULL if no
> * parent was available.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *fwnode_get_parent(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> @@ -608,8 +617,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_parent);
> * on the passed node, making it suitable for iterating through a
> * node's parents.
> *
> - * Returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, use
> - * fwnode_handle_put() on it when done.
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: parent firmware node of the given node if possible or %NULL if no
> + * parent was available.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *fwnode_get_next_parent(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> {
> @@ -629,8 +641,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_next_parent);
> * firmware node that has a corresponding struct device and returns that struct
> * device.
> *
> - * The caller of this function is expected to call put_device() on the returned
> - * device when they are done.
> + * Caller is responsible to call put_device() on the returned device pointer.
> */
> struct device *fwnode_get_next_parent_dev(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> {
> @@ -651,7 +662,7 @@ struct device *fwnode_get_next_parent_dev(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> * fwnode_count_parents - Return the number of parents a node has
> * @fwnode: The node the parents of which are to be counted
> *
> - * Returns the number of parents a node has.
> + * Return: the number of parents a node has.
> */
> unsigned int fwnode_count_parents(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> {
> @@ -670,12 +681,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_count_parents);
> * @fwnode: The node the parent of which is requested
> * @depth: Distance of the parent from the node
> *
> - * Returns the nth parent of a node. If there is no parent at the requested
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: the nth parent of a node. If there is no parent at the requested
> * @depth, %NULL is returned. If @depth is 0, the functionality is equivalent to
> * fwnode_handle_get(). For @depth == 1, it is fwnode_get_parent() and so on.
> - *
> - * The caller is responsible for calling fwnode_handle_put() for the returned
> - * node.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *fwnode_get_nth_parent(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> unsigned int depth)
> @@ -700,7 +711,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_nth_parent);
> *
> * A node is considered an ancestor of itself too.
> *
> - * Returns true if @ancestor is an ancestor of @child. Otherwise, returns false.
> + * Return: true if @ancestor is an ancestor of @child. Otherwise, returns false.
> */
> bool fwnode_is_ancestor_of(struct fwnode_handle *ancestor, struct fwnode_handle *child)
> {
> @@ -725,6 +736,9 @@ bool fwnode_is_ancestor_of(struct fwnode_handle *ancestor, struct fwnode_handle
> * fwnode_get_next_child_node - Return the next child node handle for a node
> * @fwnode: Firmware node to find the next child node for.
> * @child: Handle to one of the node's child nodes or a %NULL handle.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
The loop itself will also put the child node, so this is only relevant
outside the loop.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> fwnode_get_next_child_node(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> @@ -735,10 +749,12 @@ fwnode_get_next_child_node(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_next_child_node);
>
> /**
> - * fwnode_get_next_available_child_node - Return the next
> - * available child node handle for a node
> + * fwnode_get_next_available_child_node - Return the next available child node handle for a node
> * @fwnode: Firmware node to find the next child node for.
> * @child: Handle to one of the node's child nodes or a %NULL handle.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
Same here. And the two loops below.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> fwnode_get_next_available_child_node(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> @@ -762,7 +778,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_next_available_child_node);
> /**
> * device_get_next_child_node - Return the next child node handle for a device
> * @dev: Device to find the next child node for.
> - * @child: Handle to one of the device's child nodes or a null handle.
> + * @child: Handle to one of the device's child nodes or a %NULL handle.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *device_get_next_child_node(const struct device *dev,
> struct fwnode_handle *child)
> @@ -787,6 +806,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_get_next_child_node);
> * fwnode_get_named_child_node - Return first matching named child node handle
> * @fwnode: Firmware node to find the named child node for.
> * @childname: String to match child node name against.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> fwnode_get_named_child_node(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> @@ -800,6 +822,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_named_child_node);
> * device_get_named_child_node - Return first matching named child node handle
> * @dev: Device to find the named child node for.
> * @childname: String to match child node name against.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *device_get_named_child_node(const struct device *dev,
> const char *childname)
> @@ -812,7 +837,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_get_named_child_node);
> * fwnode_handle_get - Obtain a reference to a device node
> * @fwnode: Pointer to the device node to obtain the reference to.
> *
> - * Returns the fwnode handle.
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: the fwnode handle.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *fwnode_handle_get(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> {
> @@ -827,9 +855,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_handle_get);
> * fwnode_handle_put - Drop reference to a device node
> * @fwnode: Pointer to the device node to drop the reference to.
> *
> - * This has to be used when terminating device_for_each_child_node() iteration
> - * with break or return to prevent stale device node references from being left
> - * behind.
> + * Among other cases this has to be used when terminating device_for_each_child_node()
I don't think device_for_each_child_node() should be mentioned here. This
isn't really related to that in particular.
With these:
Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * iteration with break or return to prevent stale device node references from
> + * being left behind.
> */
> void fwnode_handle_put(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> {
> @@ -841,6 +869,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_handle_put);
> * fwnode_device_is_available - check if a device is available for use
> * @fwnode: Pointer to the fwnode of the device.
> *
> + * Return: true if device is available for use. Otherwise, returns false.
> + *
> * For fwnode node types that don't implement the .device_is_available()
> * operation, this function returns true.
> */
> @@ -859,6 +889,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_device_is_available);
> /**
> * device_get_child_node_count - return the number of child nodes for device
> * @dev: Device to cound the child nodes for
> + *
> + * Return: the number of child nodes for a given device.
> */
> unsigned int device_get_child_node_count(const struct device *dev)
> {
> @@ -934,7 +966,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_get_phy_mode);
> * @fwnode: Pointer to the firmware node
> * @index: Index of the IO range
> *
> - * Returns a pointer to the mapped memory.
> + * Return: a pointer to the mapped memory.
> */
> void __iomem *fwnode_iomap(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, int index)
> {
> @@ -947,8 +979,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fwnode_iomap);
> * @fwnode: Pointer to the firmware node
> * @index: Zero-based index of the IRQ
> *
> - * Returns Linux IRQ number on success. Other values are determined
> - * accordingly to acpi_/of_ irq_get() operation.
> + * Return: Linux IRQ number on success. Other values are determined
> + * according to acpi_irq_get() or of_irq_get() operation.
> */
> int fwnode_irq_get(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, unsigned int index)
> {
> @@ -967,8 +999,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fwnode_irq_get);
> * number of the IRQ resource corresponding to the index of the matched
> * string.
> *
> - * Return:
> - * Linux IRQ number on success, or negative errno otherwise.
> + * Return: Linux IRQ number on success, or negative errno otherwise.
> */
> int fwnode_irq_get_byname(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, const char *name)
> {
> @@ -990,7 +1021,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fwnode_irq_get_byname);
> * @fwnode: Pointer to the parent firmware node
> * @prev: Previous endpoint node or %NULL to get the first
> *
> - * Returns an endpoint firmware node pointer or %NULL if no more endpoints
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: an endpoint firmware node pointer or %NULL if no more endpoints
> * are available.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> @@ -1030,6 +1064,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint);
> * fwnode_graph_get_port_parent - Return the device fwnode of a port endpoint
> * @endpoint: Endpoint firmware node of the port
> *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> * Return: the firmware node of the device the @endpoint belongs to.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> @@ -1051,6 +1088,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_graph_get_port_parent);
> * @fwnode: Endpoint firmware node pointing to the remote endpoint
> *
> * Extracts firmware node of a remote device the @fwnode points to.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> fwnode_graph_get_remote_port_parent(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> @@ -1071,6 +1111,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_graph_get_remote_port_parent);
> * @fwnode: Endpoint firmware node pointing to the remote endpoint
> *
> * Extracts firmware node of a remote port the @fwnode points to.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> fwnode_graph_get_remote_port(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> @@ -1084,6 +1127,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_graph_get_remote_port);
> * @fwnode: Endpoint firmware node pointing to the remote endpoint
> *
> * Extracts firmware node of a remote endpoint the @fwnode points to.
> + *
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> fwnode_graph_get_remote_endpoint(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> @@ -1111,8 +1157,11 @@ static bool fwnode_graph_remote_available(struct fwnode_handle *ep)
> * @endpoint: identifier of the endpoint node under the port node
> * @flags: fwnode lookup flags
> *
> - * Return the fwnode handle of the local endpoint corresponding the port and
> - * endpoint IDs or NULL if not found.
> + * Caller is responsible to call fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode
> + * pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: the fwnode handle of the local endpoint corresponding the port and
> + * endpoint IDs or %NULL if not found.
> *
> * If FWNODE_GRAPH_ENDPOINT_NEXT is passed in @flags and the specified endpoint
> * has not been found, look for the closest endpoint ID greater than the
> @@ -1120,9 +1169,6 @@ static bool fwnode_graph_remote_available(struct fwnode_handle *ep)
> *
> * Does not return endpoints that belong to disabled devices or endpoints that
> * are unconnected, unless FWNODE_GRAPH_DEVICE_DISABLED is passed in @flags.
> - *
> - * The returned endpoint needs to be released by calling fwnode_handle_put() on
> - * it when it is not needed any more.
> */
> struct fwnode_handle *
> fwnode_graph_get_endpoint_by_id(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> @@ -1328,7 +1374,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_connection_find_match);
> * @fwnode and other device nodes. @match will be used to convert the
> * connection description to data the caller is expecting to be returned
> * through the @matches array.
> - * If @matches is NULL @matches_len is ignored and the total number of resolved
> + *
> + * If @matches is %NULL @matches_len is ignored and the total number of resolved
> * matches is returned.
> *
> * Return: Number of matches resolved, or negative errno.
--
Kind regards,
Sakari Ailus
