Re: [v5 01/12] struct device: Add function callback durable_name

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On 9/26/20 4:08 AM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> On 25.09.2020 19:19, Tony Asleson wrote:
> 
>> Function callback and function to be used to write a persistent
>> durable name to the supplied character buffer.  This will be used to add
>> structured key-value data to log messages for hardware related errors
>> which allows end users to correlate message and specific hardware.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tony Asleson <tasleson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   drivers/base/core.c    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/linux/device.h |  4 ++++
>>   2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
>> index 05d414e9e8a4..88696ade8bfc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
>> @@ -2489,6 +2489,30 @@ int dev_set_name(struct device *dev, const char
>> *fmt, ...)
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_set_name);
>>   +/**
>> + * dev_durable_name - Write "DURABLE_NAME"=<durable name> in buffer
>> + * @dev: device
>> + * @buffer: character buffer to write results
>> + * @len: length of buffer
>> + * @return: Number of bytes written to buffer
> 
>    This is not how the kernel-doc commenta describe the function result,
> IIRC...

I did my compile with `make  W=1` and there isn't any warnings/error
with source documentation, but the documentation does indeed outline a
different syntax.  It's interesting how common the @return syntax is in
the existing code base.

I'll re-work the function documentation return.

Thanks




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