[PATCH] ARM: OMAP1: fix incorrect kernel-doc comment syntax in file
Randy Dunlap
rdunlap at infradead.org
Tue Mar 30 22:04:02 BST 2021
On 3/30/21 1:53 PM, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
> kernel-doc comments.
> The header for arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c follows this syntax, but the
> content inside does not comply with kernel-doc.
>
> This line was probably not meant for kernel-doc parsing, but is parsed
> due to the presence of kernel-doc like comment syntax(i.e, '/**'), which
> causes unexpected warning from kernel-doc:
> "warning: expecting prototype for OMAP1 Dual(). Prototype was for OMAP1610_GPTIMER1_BASE() instead"
>
> Provide a simple fix by replacing this occurrence with general comment
> format, i.e. '/*', to prevent kernel-doc from parsing it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421 at gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org>
> ---
> * Applies perfectly on next-20210326
>
> arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c
> index 97fc2096b970..0411d5508d63 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/timer.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/**
> +/*
> * OMAP1 Dual-Mode Timers - platform device registration
> *
> * Contains first level initialization routines which internally
>
--
~Randy
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