On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Mika Westerberg wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 04:13:20PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): > > > > > > > > drivers/thunderbolt/path.c:476: warning: Function parameter or member > > > > 'path' not described in 'tb_path_activate' > > > > drivers/thunderbolt/path.c:568: warning: Function parameter or member > > > > 'path' not described in 'tb_path_is_invalid' > > > > > > > > > > > I think the intention was to describe them in kernel doc format, perhaps > > > you need to add descriptions of the fields? > > > > For changes like this, I've been working to the following rule: > > > > - I'll provide fix-ups; if and only if the author has had a > > reasonable attempt at providing a conformant kernel-doc header. > > > > So if the headers are just suffering from a little doc-rot i.e. the > > API has changed, but the doc update was omitted, or most of the > > parameters/members are documented, but some were forgotten about etc, > > or if there are formatting issues, I'll happily take up the slack and > > polish those up a bit. > > > > However, if no attempt was made, then they get demoted. > > > > I don't want to get into a situation where authors delicately provide > > weak documentation with the expectation that someone else will come > > along and turn them into conformant docs. > > > > If authors wish to come back, provide proper descriptions & > > formatting and subsequently re-promote them again, then all power to > > them. > > Thanks for pointing these out. I prefer we fix the kernel-docs (add what > is missing) instead. I'll take care of that. Are you planning on actually using this? I don't see a Doc link for these functions in Mainline: `git grep kernel-doc:: | grep thunderbolt` -- Lee Jones [李琼斯] Senior Technical Lead - Developer Services Linaro.org │ Open source software for Arm SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
