[PATCH v2] ring-buffer: fix kernel-doc format to avoid a warning

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Sun Oct 19 2025 - 21:00:40 EST


Format the kernel-doc for RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX correctly
to prevent a kernel-doc warning:

Warning: include/linux/ring_buffer.h:61 Enum value
'RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX' not described in enum 'ring_buffer_type'

Fixes: 334d4169a659 ("ring_buffer: compressed event header")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: reformat based on comments from Steven;
add more enum types to aid with comments;

Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20251016.orig/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ linux-next-20251016/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -43,18 +43,23 @@ struct ring_buffer_event {
* array[0] = top (28 .. 59) bits
* size = 8 bytes
*
- * <= @RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX:
- * Data record
- * If type_len is zero:
+ * @RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA: Data record
* array[0] holds the actual length
* array[1..(length+3)/4] holds data
* size = 4 + length (bytes)
- * else
+ *
+ * @RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MIN:
+ * Data record with length and data as below
+ * . . .
+ * @RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX:
+ * Data record
* length = type_len << 2
* array[0..(length+3)/4-1] holds data
* size = 4 + length (bytes)
*/
enum ring_buffer_type {
+ RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA = 0,
+ RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MIN = 1,
RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX = 28,
RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING,
RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND,