Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2018 07:56:42 -0700 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel_doc: fixup reporting of function identifiers |
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:31:46 +0200 Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> When function description includes brackets after the function name as > suggested by Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc, the kernel-doc script > omits the function name from "Scanning doc for" report. > Extending match for identifier name with optional brackets fixes this > issue.
So let me channel akpm here and ask: what are the user-visible effects of this problem? I ask because applying it doesn't make any difference in the "make htmldocs" output here. So I don't understand why you're wanting to make this change.
Thanks,
jon
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