Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] iio: core: Fix issues and style of the comments

[Randy Dunlap]

On 7/21/23 10:00, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The `scripts/kernel-doc -v -none -Wall` reports several issues
> with the kernel doc in IIO core C file. Update the comments
> accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> index 66cea23df7e0..a9b9804097ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c

> @@ -594,7 +608,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_show_mount_matrix);
>   * If device is assigned no mounting matrix property, a default 3x3 identity
>   * matrix will be filled in.
>   *
> - * Return: 0 if success, or a negative error code on failure.
> + * Returns: 0 if success, or a negative error code on failure.
>   */
>  int iio_read_mount_matrix(struct device *dev, struct iio_mount_matrix *matrix)
>  {

> @@ -1750,7 +1767,7 @@ static int iio_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
>   * @inode:	Inode structure pointer for the char device
>   * @filp:	File structure pointer for the char device
>   *
> - * Return: 0 for successful release
> + * Returns: 0 for successful release.
>   */

As documented in Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst:
  The return value, if any, should be described in a dedicated section
  named ``Return``.

However, as you (and I) have found, "Returns:" also works as a section name.

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.
-- 
~Randy