Re: [PATCH -next] sched: fix cid_lock kernel-doc warnings

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon May 01 2023 - 09:21:10 EST


On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 03:20:20PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 08:11:11PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > Fix kernel-doc warnings for cid_lock and use_cid_lock.
> > These comments are not in kernel-doc format.
> >
> > kernel/sched/core.c:11496: warning: Cannot understand * @cid_lock: Guarantee forward-progress of cid allocation.
> > on line 11496 - I thought it was a doc line
> > kernel/sched/core.c:11505: warning: Cannot understand * @use_cid_lock: Select cid allocation behavior: lock-free vs spinlock.
> > on line 11505 - I thought it was a doc line
> >
> > Fixes: 223baf9d17f2 ("sched: Fix performance regression introduced by mm_cid")
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Blergh, so mostly I avoid kerneldoc like the plague; because then you
> get random people doing 'fixups' that end up making the actual comment
> unreadable garbage.
>
> Mostly my answer to any such patch is to simply remove the extra * and
> call it fixed.
>
> But now the thing presumes to know better? :-(

Bah, I should go sleep more.. this removes them. All good.