Re: excess bolding in html

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On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 01:28:59PM +0100, Markus Heiser wrote:
> Am 30.10.20 um 12:31 schrieb Matthew Wilcox:
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 08:37:48AM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > Just changing the kernel-doc markup at kernel/futex.c:
> > > 
> > > 	/**
> > > 	 * futex_setup_timer - set up the sleeping hrtimer.
> > > 	 * @time:	ptr to the given timeout value
> > > 	 * @timeout:	the hrtimer_sleeper structure to be set up
> > > 	 * @flags:	futex flags
> > > 	 * @range_ns:	optional range in ns
> > > 	 *
> > > 	 * Return: Initialized hrtimer_sleeper structure or NULL if no timeout
> > > 	 *	   value given
> > > 	 */
> > > 
> > > To:
> > > 
> > > ...
> > > 	 * Return:
> > > 	 *
> > > 	 * Initialized hrtimer_sleeper structure or NULL if no timeout
> > > 	 * value given
> > > 	 */
> > > 
> > > Should fix it.
> > 
> > Or just remove the indent.
> > 
> >   * Return: Initialized hrtimer_sleeper structure or NULL if no timeout
> >   * value given.
> 
> To add my 2 cent:
> 
> The return value should be described in a dedicated section
> named "Return:", like shown im Mauro's example (compare [1]).
> 
> For on-liners I think it is OK to use the short form (compare [2]).
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/doc-guide/kernel-doc.html#return-values
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/doc-guide/kernel-doc.html#function-documentation

Right.  I'm saying that Mauro's suggestion is overly verbose and removing
the whitespace is the solution least likely to bring down the Wrath of
peterz.



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