Re: [PATCH] x86/platform/intel/quark: fix incorrect kernel-doc comment syntax in files

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On 3/30/21 2:30 PM, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
> kernel-doc comments.
> There are certain files in arch/x86/platform/intel-quark, which follow this
> syntax, but the content inside does not comply with kernel-doc.
> Such lines were probably not meant for kernel-doc parsing, but are parsed
> due to the presence of kernel-doc like comment syntax(i.e, '/**'), which
> causes unexpected warnings from kernel-doc.
> 
> E.g., presence of kernel-doc like comment in the header lines for
> arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr.c causes these warnings:
> "warning: Function parameter or member 'fmt' not described in 'pr_fmt'"
> "warning: expecting prototype for c(). Prototype was for pr_fmt() instead"
> 
> Similarly for arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr_selftest.c too.
> 
> Provide a simple fix by replacing these occurrences with general comment
> format, i.e. '/*', to prevent kernel-doc from parsing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> * Applies perfectly on next-20210326
> 
>  arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr.c          | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr_selftest.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr.c b/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr.c
> index 122e0f37b1f5..d3d456925b2a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> -/**
> +/*
>   * imr.c -- Intel Isolated Memory Region driver
>   *
>   * Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr_selftest.c b/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr_selftest.c
> index 570e3062faac..761f3689f60a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr_selftest.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/intel-quark/imr_selftest.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -/**
> +/*
>   * imr_selftest.c -- Intel Isolated Memory Region self-test driver
>   *
>   * Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation.
> 


-- 
~Randy




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