Add documentation about typedefs for function prototypes and
move it to happen earlier.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
index e3e82f8f4de5..b178857866f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -282,6 +282,28 @@ The kernel-doc data structure comments describe each member of the structure,
in order, with the member descriptions.
+Typedef documentation
+---------------------
+
+The general format of a typedef kernel-doc comment is::
+
+ /**
+ * typedef type_name - Brief description.
+ *
+ * Description of the type.
+ */
+
+Typedefs with function prototypes can also be documented::
+
+ /**
+ * typedef type_name - Brief description.
+ * @arg1: description of arg1
+ * @arg2: description of arg2
+ *
+ * Description of the type.
+ */
+ typedef void (*type_name)(struct v4l2_ctrl *arg1, void *arg2);
+
Highlights and cross-references
-------------------------------
@@ -384,16 +406,6 @@ on a line of their own, like all other kernel-doc comments::
int foobar;
}
-Typedef documentation
----------------------
-
-The general format of a typedef kernel-doc comment is::
-
- /**
- * typedef type_name - Brief description.
- *
- * Description of the type.
- */
Overview documentation comments
-------------------------------
--
2.14.3
