Re: [PATCH locking/atomic 18/19] locking/atomic: Refrain from generating duplicate fallback kernel-doc

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 08:58:00AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 12 May 2023 19:11:15 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> [...]
> 
> > 
> > And here is a rough first cut:
> > 
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git tags/fallback-rework-kernel-doc.2023.05.12a
> > 
> > Or via HTML:
> > 
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git/log/?h=fallback-rework-kernel-doc.2023.05.12a
> 
> Running "./scripts/kernel-doc -none include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h"
> on the tag emits a lot of warnings.
> 
> Looks like there are kernel-doc comments who don't have a corresponding
> function signature next to them.
> 
>     /**
>      * function_name() - Brief description of function.
>      * @arg1: Describe the first argument.
>      * @arg2: Describe the second argument.
>      *        One can provide multiple line descriptions
>      *        for arguments.
>      *
>      * A longer description, with more discussion of the function function_name()
>      * that might be useful to those using or modifying it. Begins with an
>      * empty comment line, and may include additional embedded empty
>      * comment lines.
>      */
>     int function_name(int arg1, int arg2)  <---
> 
> Note that the kernel-doc script ignores #ifdef -- #else.

Me, I was thinking in terms of making this diagnostic ignore
include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h.  ;-)

The actual definitions are off in architecture-specific files, and
the kernel-doc headers could be left there.  But there are benefits to
automatically generating all of them.

Another approach might be to put a "it is OK for the definition to
be elsewhere" comment following those kernel-doc headers.

Any other ways to make this work?  For me, the option of making this
diagnostic ignore include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h has
considerable attraction.

> BTW, I couldn't checkout the tag so downloaded the tar ball via
> HTML.

Tags can be a bit annoying in that way.  I will provide a branch next
time.

							Thanx, Paul

>         Thanks, Akira
> 
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > In the meantime, enjoy the weekend!
> > 
> > 							Thanx, Paul