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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 2017-12-18 10:30:05 -0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet | 2017-12-21 13:41:46 -0700 |
| commit | 553aa3c12e818a142e493a3d44a1eb8cadc2959f (patch) | |
| tree | 245dcd4b618f8a8ce8f9dd26d65b5465839e5281 /Documentation/doc-guide | |
| parent | fc275bf3b99d2c78e1c132d2199be1cb6a701905 (diff) | |
docs: kernel-doc.rst: improve structs chapter
There is a mess on this chapter: it suggests that even
enums and unions should be documented with "struct". That's
not the way it should be ;-)
Fix it and move it to happen earlier.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/doc-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 48 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst index 3aac228fc346..e3e82f8f4de5 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst @@ -258,6 +258,30 @@ named ``Return``. as a new section heading, with probably won't produce the desired effect. +Structure, union, and enumeration documentation +----------------------------------------------- + +The general format of a struct, union, and enum kernel-doc comment is:: + + /** + * struct struct_name - Brief description. + * @argument: Description of member member_name. + * + * Description of the structure. + */ + +On the above, ``struct`` is used to mean structs. You can also use ``union`` +and ``enum`` to describe unions and enums. ``argument`` is used +to mean struct and union member names as well as enumerations in an enum. + +The brief description following the structure name may span multiple lines, and +ends with a member description, a blank comment line, or the end of the +comment block. + +The kernel-doc data structure comments describe each member of the structure, +in order, with the member descriptions. + + Highlights and cross-references ------------------------------- @@ -331,30 +355,6 @@ cross-references. For further details, please refer to the `Sphinx C Domain`_ documentation. -Structure, union, and enumeration documentation ------------------------------------------------ - -The general format of a struct, union, and enum kernel-doc comment is:: - - /** - * struct struct_name - Brief description. - * @member_name: Description of member member_name. - * - * Description of the structure. - */ - -Below, "struct" is used to mean structs, unions and enums, and "member" is used -to mean struct and union members as well as enumerations in an enum. - -The brief description following the structure name may span multiple lines, and -ends with a ``@member:`` description, a blank comment line, or the end of the -comment block. - -The kernel-doc data structure comments describe each member of the structure, in -order, with the ``@member:`` descriptions. The ``@member:`` descriptions must -begin on the very next line following the opening brief function description -line, with no intervening blank comment lines. The ``@member:`` descriptions may -span multiple lines. The continuation lines may contain indentation. In-line member documentation comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |