Re: [PATCH v13 04/13] x86/sgx: Architectural structures

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On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:41:29PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * enum sgx_encls_leaves - return codes for ENCLS, ENCLU and ENCLV
> > + * %SGX_SUCCESS:		No error.
> > + * %SGX_INVALID_SIG_STRUCT:	SIGSTRUCT contains an invalid value.
> > + * %SGX_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE:	Enclave is not attempting to access a resource
> > + *				for which it is not authorized.
> > + * %SGX_BLKSTATE:		EPC page is already blocked.
> > + * %SGX_INVALID_MEASUREMENT:	SIGSTRUCT or EINITTOKEN contains an incorrect
> > + *				measurement.
> ...
> > +enum sgx_return_codes {
> > +	SGX_SUCCESS			= 0,
> > +	SGX_INVALID_SIG_STRUCT		= 1,
> > +	SGX_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE		= 2,
> > +	SGX_BLKSTATE			= 3,
> > +	SGX_INVALID_MEASUREMENT		= 4,
> ...
> 
> I don't think I've ever seen this particular method of commenting
> before.  It's rather verbose and duplicates the names twice, which seems
> a bit silly.
> 
> Can you talk a bit about why you chose to do it this way?  I'd
> personally much rather see at least some brief comments inline with the
> definitions.

The reason that I chose this was

  https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

It is recommended in the "kernel-doc for structs, unions, enums, and
typedefs" section.

/Jarkko



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