Re: [PATCH 2/2] crypto: skcipher - remove excess kerneldoc members

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Dec 23 2023 - 12:46:08 EST




On 12/23/23 00:34, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Commit 31865c4c4db2 ("crypto: skcipher - Add lskcipher") moved some
> fields from 'struct skcipher_alg' into SKCIPHER_ALG_COMMON but didn't
> remove the corresponding kerneldoc members, which results in these
> warnings when running 'make htmldocs':
>
> ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:182: warning: Excess struct member 'min_keysize' description in 'skcipher_alg'
> ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:182: warning: Excess struct member 'max_keysize' description in 'skcipher_alg'
> ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:182: warning: Excess struct member 'ivsize' description in 'skcipher_alg'
> ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:182: warning: Excess struct member 'chunksize' description in 'skcipher_alg'
> ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:182: warning: Excess struct member 'stat' description in 'skcipher_alg'
> ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:182: warning: Excess struct member 'base' description in 'skcipher_alg'
>
> SKCIPHER_ALG_COMMON already has the documentation for all these fields.
>
> Fixes: 31865c4c4db2 ("crypto: skcipher - Add lskcipher")
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> ---
> include/crypto/skcipher.h | 16 ----------------
> 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/crypto/skcipher.h b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
> index ea18af48346b..8831fcf8f1da 100644
> --- a/include/crypto/skcipher.h
> +++ b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
> @@ -108,16 +108,6 @@ struct skcipher_alg_common SKCIPHER_ALG_COMMON;
>
> /**
> * struct skcipher_alg - symmetric key cipher definition
> - * @min_keysize: Minimum key size supported by the transformation. This is the
> - * smallest key length supported by this transformation algorithm.
> - * This must be set to one of the pre-defined values as this is
> - * not hardware specific. Possible values for this field can be
> - * found via git grep "_MIN_KEY_SIZE" include/crypto/
> - * @max_keysize: Maximum key size supported by the transformation. This is the
> - * largest key length supported by this transformation algorithm.
> - * This must be set to one of the pre-defined values as this is
> - * not hardware specific. Possible values for this field can be
> - * found via git grep "_MAX_KEY_SIZE" include/crypto/
> * @setkey: Set key for the transformation. This function is used to either
> * program a supplied key into the hardware or store the key in the
> * transformation context for programming it later. Note that this
> @@ -152,15 +142,9 @@ struct skcipher_alg_common SKCIPHER_ALG_COMMON;
> * @exit: Deinitialize the cryptographic transformation object. This is a
> * counterpart to @init, used to remove various changes set in
> * @init.
> - * @ivsize: IV size applicable for transformation. The consumer must provide an
> - * IV of exactly that size to perform the encrypt or decrypt operation.
> - * @chunksize: Equal to the block size except for stream ciphers such as
> - * CTR where it is set to the underlying block size.
> * @walksize: Equal to the chunk size except in cases where the algorithm is
> * considerably more efficient if it can operate on multiple chunks
> * in parallel. Should be a multiple of chunksize.
> - * @stat: Statistics for cipher algorithm
> - * @base: Definition of a generic crypto algorithm.
> * @co: see struct skcipher_alg_common
> *
> * All fields except @ivsize are mandatory and must be filled.

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