Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: uclogic: remove extraneous asterisk on uclogic_params_* static functions comments

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Sun May 29 2022 - 11:03:07 EST


Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> *uclogic_params_pen_inrange_to_str(), uclogic_params_pen_hid_dbg(), and
> uclogic_params_frame_hid_dbg() are static functions but contain
> double-asterisk (/** */) comment, which confuses kernel-doc as public
> function for generating documentation.
>
> Remove the extraneous asterisk from these comments.

So there is nothing wrong with making kerneldoc comments for static
functions, that is not where the problem lies.

> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/202205272033.XFYlYj8k-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: a228809fa6f39c ("HID: uclogic: Move param printing to a function")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "José Expósito" <jose.exposito89@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c
> index db838f16282d64..71501453de12e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
> #include <linux/ctype.h>
> #include <asm/unaligned.h>
>
> -/**
> +/*
> * uclogic_params_pen_inrange_to_str() - Convert a pen in-range reporting type
> * to a string.
> *

A more likely problem here is the blank between the function intro and
the parameter description.

> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static const char *uclogic_params_pen_inrange_to_str(
> }
> }
>
> -/**
> +/*
> * Dump tablet interface pen parameters with hid_dbg(), indented with one tab.
> *

Here too

> * @hdev: The HID device the pen parameters describe.
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void uclogic_params_pen_hid_dbg(const struct hid_device *hdev,
> (pen->tilt_y_flipped ? "true" : "false"));
> }
>
> -/**
> +/*
> * Dump tablet interface frame parameters with hid_dbg(), indented with two
> * tabs.
> *

Here, instead, this needs to be formatted as a proper kerneldoc comment
with the function name.

jon