Step 11) Remove the "format of comments" comment block
As suggested by Jani Nikula in a reply to my first version of this
transformation, Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst can serve as the
information hub for comment formatting. The section DESCRIPTION already
points there, so the original comment block can just be removed.
See step 1 for the series details.
= Meta note =
I guess, I should use the Suggested-by tag for credits.
Maintainers, please correct this if I'm doing this wrong.
Suggested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@xxxxxxxxx>
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scripts/kernel-doc | 115 ---------------------------------------------
1 file changed, 115 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index bf0c5bb7b026..8069d1d29841 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -79,121 +79,6 @@ See Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst for the documentation comment syntax.
# 25/07/2012 - Added support for HTML5
# -- Dan Luedtke <mail@xxxxxxxx>
-#
-# format of comments.
-# In the following table, (...)? signifies optional structure.
-# (...)* signifies 0 or more structure elements
-# /**
-# * function_name(:)? (- short description)?
-# (* @parameterx: (description of parameter x)?)*
-# (* a blank line)?
-# * (Description:)? (Description of function)?
-# * (section header: (section description)? )*
-# (*)?*/
-#
-# So .. the trivial example would be:
-#
-# /**
-# * my_function
-# */
-#
-# If the Description: header tag is omitted, then there must be a blank line
-# after the last parameter specification.
-# e.g.
-# /**
-# * my_function - does my stuff
-# * @my_arg: its mine damnit
-# *
-# * Does my stuff explained.
-# */
-#
-# or, could also use:
-# /**
-# * my_function - does my stuff
-# * @my_arg: its mine damnit
-# * Description: Does my stuff explained.
-# */
-# etc.
-#
-# Besides functions you can also write documentation for structs, unions,
-# enums and typedefs. Instead of the function name you must write the name
-# of the declaration; the struct/union/enum/typedef must always precede
-# the name. Nesting of declarations is not supported.
-# Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
-# e.g.
-# /**
-# * struct my_struct - short description
-# * @a: first member
-# * @b: second member
-# *
-# * Longer description
-# */
-# struct my_struct {
-# int a;
-# int b;
-# /* private: */
-# int c;
-# };
-#
-# All descriptions can be multiline, except the short function description.
-#
-# For really longs structs, you can also describe arguments inside the
-# body of the struct.
-# eg.
-# /**
-# * struct my_struct - short description
-# * @a: first member
-# * @b: second member
-# *
-# * Longer description
-# */
-# struct my_struct {
-# int a;
-# int b;
-# /**
-# * @c: This is longer description of C
-# *
-# * You can use paragraphs to describe arguments
-# * using this method.
-# */
-# int c;
-# };
-#
-# This should be use only for struct/enum members.
-#
-# You can also add additional sections. When documenting kernel functions you
-# should document the "Context:" of the function, e.g. whether the functions
-# can be called form interrupts. Unlike other sections you can end it with an
-# empty line.
-# A non-void function should have a "Return:" section describing the return
-# value(s).
-# Example-sections should contain the string EXAMPLE so that they are marked
-# appropriately in DocBook.
-#
-# Example:
-# /**
-# * user_function - function that can only be called in user context
-# * @a: some argument
-# * Context: !in_interrupt()
-# *
-# * Some description
-# * Example:
-# * user_function(22);
-# */
-# ...
-#
-#
-# All descriptive text is further processed, scanning for the following special
-# patterns, which are highlighted appropriately.
-#
-# 'funcname()' - function
-# '$ENVVAR' - environmental variable
-# '&struct_name' - name of a structure (up to two words including 'struct')
-# '&struct_name.member' - name of a structure member
-# '@parameter' - name of a parameter
-# '%CONST' - name of a constant.
-# '``LITERAL``' - literal string without any spaces on it.
-
## init lots of data
my $errors = 0;
--
2.30.2
