Re: [PATCH 08/10] of: of_net: Demote non-conforming kernel-doc header

[Andrew Lunn]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:07:56AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> 
>  drivers/of/of_net.c:104: warning: Function parameter or member 'np' not described in 'of_get_mac_address'
>  drivers/of/of_net.c:104: warning: expecting prototype for mac(). Prototype was for of_get_mac_address() instead
> 
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/of/of_net.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/of_net.c b/drivers/of/of_net.c
> index 6e411821583e4..9b41a343e88ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/of_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/of_net.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const void *of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(struct device_node *np)
>  	return mac;
>  }
>  
> -/**
> +/*
>   * Search the device tree for the best MAC address to use.  'mac-address' is
>   * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC
>   * address. If that isn't set, then 'local-mac-address' is checked next,

Hi Lee

of_get_mac_address() is a pretty important API function. So it would
be better to add the missing header to make this valid kdoc.

/**
 * of_get_mac_address - Get MAC address from device tree
 * @np: Pointer to the device_node of the interface
 *

 Andrew