Messages in this thread | | | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc: restore warning for Excess struct/union | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:20:14 -0700 |
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Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> writes:
> On 15/12/2023 17:28, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> *sigh* >> >> This adds nearly 600 new warnings. Anybody gonna help fix them? > > I think in the vast majority of the cases the fix will be to just remove > the offending line from the kerneldoc, so it's not particularly > difficult, mostly just overhead from the patch preparation/submission > process. > > I'd be happy to take a stab at it -- I think we could even script most > of it. Respond here, I guess, if anybody else wants to do some so we can > split it up.
It's mostly done; I've gotten it down to under 200 and sent patches to make the changes. Randy is working on it too, I know. It's not always just deletion, but the fixes are usually pretty straightforward.
> On a related note, it might be useful to have some kind of "status page" > somewhere on the web for the docs where you can see a list of unresolved > documentation warnings in mainline/docs-next/next without having to do a > local build first (as a way to solicit contributions).
I suppose, but how do you know you've properly addressed the warning if you don't do a build afterward? I don't see that saving a whole lot of effort, but maybe I'm missing something?
Thanks,
jon
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