On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 01:18:14PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 10/16/17 13:07, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:58:28PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >> Hi Jonathan and Paul, > >> > >> Please include these fixes before 4.14 final. > > > > Hello, Randy, > > > > I currently have them queued up for the 4.15 merge window. Will that > > work for you? > > They should be fixed in 4.14 final IMO. OK, how about if I submit them to the 4.15 merge window, but add the appropriate -stable tags to get them backported? Yes, these are bugs, but I cannot in good conscience claim that they are v4.14 regressions. But if Jon agrees with you, I will of course create a patch series, pull request, or whatever and send it along to him. Thanx, Paul > >> Thanks. > >> > >> On 09/17/17 12:49, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > >>> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:57:42AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >>>> On 09/17/17 10:47, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > >>>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 09:41:45PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > >>>>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 06:26:04PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >>>>>>> On 4.14-rc1, I am seeing lots of warnings on rcu kernel-doc: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h > >>>>>>> :external: > >>>>>>> ./Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst:357: ERROR: Error in "kernel-doc" directive: > >>>>>>> unknown option: "external". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> $ grep external include/linux/rcupdate.h > >>>>>> * by a single external-to-structure RCU-protected pointer, then you may > >>>>>> * external-to-structure pointer -after- you have completely initialized > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Do these comments somehow qualify as an "external" option? If so, how > >>>>>> do I tell kernel-doc to ignore them? Or must I reword them to avoid > >>>>>> the word "external"? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h > >>>>>>> :external: > >>>>>>> ./Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst:360: ERROR: Error in "kernel-doc" directive: > >>>>>>> unknown option: "external". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> $ grep external include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There is no occurrence of the string "external" in this file. So this > >>>>>> "external" option is unknown to me as well. So, any hints on how I > >>>>>> should interpret these error messages? > >>>>> > >>>>> And thanks to Akira Yokosawa for pointing out my confusion in reading > >>>>> these error messages. The line numbers of course apply to the file > >>>>> Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst rather than the various RCU > >>>>> C-language source files. > >>>>> > >>>>> The patch below removes the error messages for me. Is this what you > >>>>> had in mind? (Might need other options at some point, but somewhere > >>>>> to start.) > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Yes, much better. Thanks. > >>>> > >>>> Just some missing kernel-doc on parameters mostly remaining: > >>> > >>> I have now fixed a number of these, thank you. > >>> > >>> Any hints for how to represent code samples within a "/**" comment? > >>> > >>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:559: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. > >>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:563: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. > >>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:777: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. > >>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:778: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. > >>> > >>> Thanx, Paul > >>> > >>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:818: warning: No description found for parameter 'p' > >>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:818: warning: No description found for parameter 'v' > >>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:826: warning: No description found for parameter 'p' > >>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:826: warning: No description found for parameter 'v' > >>>> ../include/linux/srcu.h:95: warning: No description found for parameter 'sp' > >>>> ../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:873: warning: No description found for parameter 'rhp' > >>>> ../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:873: warning: Excess function parameter 'head' description in 'call_srcu' > >>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:302: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * list_first_or_null_rcu - get the first element from a list > >>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'ptr' > >>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'type' > >>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'member' > >>>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:94: warning: No description found for parameter 'rsp' > >>>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:162: warning: No description found for parameter 'rcu' > >>>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:162: warning: Excess function parameter 'rsp' description in 'rcu_sync_func' > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>> > >>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst > >>>>> index 8282099e0cbf..30b2666bf494 100644 > >>>>> --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst > >>>>> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst > >>>>> @@ -352,44 +352,44 @@ Read-Copy Update (RCU) > >>>>> ---------------------- > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcutree.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree.c > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/update.c > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/srcu.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/srcutree.c > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_bl.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_nulls.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcu_sync.h > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >>>>> > >>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/sync.c > >>>>> - :external: > >>>>> + :export > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ~Randy > >> > > > > > -- > ~Randy > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html