Re: drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c:1: warning: no structured comments found

[Sean Young]

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 07:39:58AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   98b1cc82c4affc16f5598d4fa14b1858671b2263
> commit: b9e1486e0e4b5e0fc0cde214ceecec8a5734f620 media: rc-core: do not depend on MEDIA_SUPPORT
> date:   6 years ago

A bug report on a 6 year old commit? This is nowhere near current master.

> config: i386-randconfig-005-20231120 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231121/202311210746.QM5MR14D-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> compiler: gcc-7 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-6ubuntu2) 7.5.0
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231121/202311210746.QM5MR14D-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)
> 
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202311210746.QM5MR14D-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
> >> drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c:1: warning: no structured comments found

What does that mean? Not a helpful warning message.

> vim +1 drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c
> 
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  @1  /*
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   2   * TechnoTrend USB IR Receiver
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   3   *
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   4   * Copyright (C) 2012 Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   5   *
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   6   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   7   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   8   * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13   9   * (at your option) any later version.
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  10   *
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  11   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  12   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  13   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  14   * GNU General Public License for more details.
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  15   */
> 0938069fa08970 Sean Young 2012-08-13  16  

Like I said, that is pretty ancient code.


Sean

> 
> :::::: The code at line 1 was first introduced by commit
> :::::: 0938069fa08970f1c898970c1331a029efe9a1ce [media] rc: Add support for the TechnoTrend USB IR Receiver
> 
> :::::: TO: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>
> :::::: CC: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
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