Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 7 Jan 2021 16:19:32 +0200 | From | Heikki Krogerus <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] software_node: Add kernel-doc comments to exported symbols |
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On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 03:39:42PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote: > Hi Andy > > On 05/01/2021 14:53, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 11:47:36PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote: > >> A number of functions which are exported via EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() lack any > >> kernel-doc comments; add those in so all exported symbols are documented. > > Thanks, it's helpful! > > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> > > after addressing few nitpicks > Thanks for reviewing > >> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com> > >> --- > >> With a view to maybe writing some documentation once the fwnode_graph_*() > >> functions are also added. > > FWIW, Heikki used to have a draft patch of swnode documentation, not sure > > what's the current status of it. > Oh cool ok; I'll defer to him then.
I actually had a similar patch prepared as part of the series adding the documentation for software nodes, but your comments are better than mine. So, after you have addressed Andy's comments:
Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
> >> + * copy of the given array of properties and registers it as a new fwnode_handle. > >> + * Freeing of the allocated memory when the fwnode_handle is no longer needed is > >> + * handled via software_node_release() and does not need to be done separately. > >> + * > >> + * Returns: > >> + * * fwnode_handle * - On success > >> + * * -EINVAL - When @parent is not associated with a software_node > >> + * * -ENOMEM - When memory allocation fails > >> + * * -Other - Propagated errors from sub-functions > >> + */ > >> struct fwnode_handle * > >> fwnode_create_software_node(const struct property_entry *properties, > >> const struct fwnode_handle *parent) > >> @@ -832,6 +875,15 @@ fwnode_create_software_node(const struct property_entry *properties, > >> } > >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_create_software_node); > >> > >> +/** > >> + * fwnode_remove_software_node() - Put a reference to a registered software_node > >> + * @fwnode: The pointer to the &struct fwnode_handle you want to release > >> + * > >> + * Release a reference to a registered &struct software_node. This function > >> + * differs from software_node_put() in that it takes no action if the > >> + * fwnode_handle passed to @fwnode turns out not to have been created by > >> + * registering a software_node > > Period at the end. > > > > I'm a bit confused by amount of fwnode_handle in the comments, can you replace > > them with better approach depending on the case: > > - &struct fwnode_handle > > - a parameter as @fwnode or so > > - a general mention (better to use plain English here, something like firmware > > node handle or so) > Yeah ok, I was trying to do &struct fwnode_handle on the first reference > (or at least earliest that it would fit) and then fwnode_handle > thereafter, but I think I like the suggestion to drop to plain English > at that point instead, so I'll do that (and ditto for software_node / > software node)
-- heikki
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