Re: [PATCH] pci: pwrctl: fix the kerneldoc tag for private fields

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Mon Jun 23 2025 - 14:12:10 EST


On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 11:11:29AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The correct tag for marking private fields in kerneldoc is "private:",
> not capitalized "Private:". Fix the pwrctl struct to silence the
> following warnings:
>
> Warning: include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h:45 struct member 'nb' not described in 'pci_pwrctrl'
> Warning: include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h:45 struct member 'link' not described in 'pci_pwrctrl'
> Warning: include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h:45 struct member 'work' not described in 'pci_pwrctrl'
>
> Fixes: 4565d2652a37 ("PCI/pwrctl: Add PCI power control core code")
> Reported-by: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250617233539.GA1177120@bhelgaas/
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to pci/pwrctrl for v6.17, thanks!

> ---
> include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h b/include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h
> index 7d439b0675e9..4aefc7901cd1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pci-pwrctrl.h
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct device_link;
> struct pci_pwrctrl {
> struct device *dev;
>
> - /* Private: don't use. */
> + /* private: internal use only */
> struct notifier_block nb;
> struct device_link *link;
> struct work_struct work;
> --
> 2.48.1
>