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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/5] sysctl: Add kdoc comments to do_proc_do{u}intvec_minmax_conv_param
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On 02/27/2018 04:10 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 03:49:47PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * DOC: do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param
>> + *
>> + * The do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param structure provides the
>> + * minimum and maximum values for doing range checking for those sysctl
>> + * parameters that use the proc_dointvec_minmax() handler. The error
>> + * code -EINVAL will be returned if the range check fails.
>> + *
>> + * min: ptr to minimum allowable value
>> + * max: ptr to maximum allowable value
>> + */
> This isn't how to document a struct; see Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
>
> /**
> * struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param - Range checking for sysctls
> * @min: Pointer to minimum allowable value.
> * @max: Pointer to maximum allowable value.
> *
> * Provides the minimum and maximum values allowed for a parameter. A
> * pointer to this structure should be passed to proc_dointvec_minmax().
> */
>
> Also, it's inappropriate to document the return value from
> proc_dointvec_minmax() here; that should be in the kernel-doc for the
> function.
>
Thanks for the advice. I will change the comments in the v3 patch.

-Longman

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