Re: [PATCH] tty: Move TIOCSTI toggle variable before kerndoc

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Nov 06 2022 - 23:58:39 EST




On 11/6/22 19:46, Kees Cook wrote:
> The variable "tty_legacy_tiocsti" should be defined before the kerndoc
> for the tiocsti() function. The new variable was breaking the "htmldocs"
> build target:
>
> drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2271: warning: cannot understand function prototype: 'bool tty_legacy_tiocsti __read_mostly = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LEGACY_TIOCSTI); '
>
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221107143434.66f7be35@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> ---
> drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> index a6a16cf986b7..24ebcb495145 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> @@ -2255,6 +2255,7 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
> return retval;
> }
>
> +static bool tty_legacy_tiocsti __read_mostly = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LEGACY_TIOCSTI);
> /**
> * tiocsti - fake input character
> * @tty: tty to fake input into
> @@ -2268,7 +2269,6 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
> * * Called functions take tty_ldiscs_lock
> * * current->signal->tty check is safe without locks
> */
> -static bool tty_legacy_tiocsti __read_mostly = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LEGACY_TIOCSTI);
> static int tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char __user *p)
> {
> char ch, mbz = 0;

--
~Randy