fs/overlayfs/util.c:352: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst

From: kernel test robot
Date: Sun Nov 12 2023 - 03:45:03 EST


tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 1b907d0507354b74a4f2c286380cd6059af79248
commit: ad0af7104dadccd55cd2b390271677fac142650f vfs: introduce inode 'inuse' lock
date: 6 years ago
config: x86_64-randconfig-a001-20230604 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231112/202311121628.byHp8tkv-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231112/202311121628.byHp8tkv-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

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All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> fs/overlayfs/util.c:352: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
* Caller must hold a reference to inode to prevent it from being freed while


vim +352 fs/overlayfs/util.c

350
351 /**
> 352 * Caller must hold a reference to inode to prevent it from being freed while
353 * it is marked inuse.
354 */
355 bool ovl_inuse_trylock(struct dentry *dentry)
356 {
357 struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
358 bool locked = false;
359
360 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
361 if (!(inode->i_state & I_OVL_INUSE)) {
362 inode->i_state |= I_OVL_INUSE;
363 locked = true;
364 }
365 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
366
367 return locked;
368 }
369

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