[PATCH] ARM: OMAP2+: fix incorrect kernel-doc comment syntax in file
Randy Dunlap
rdunlap at infradead.org
Tue Mar 30 22:05:08 BST 2021
On 3/30/21 1:59 PM, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
> kernel-doc comments.
> The header for arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_twl.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: wrong kernel-doc identifier on line:
> * OMAP and TWL PMIC specific initializations."
>
> 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-omap2/omap_twl.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_twl.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_twl.c
> index a642d3b39e50..d4dab041324d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_twl.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_twl.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> -/**
> +/*
> * OMAP and TWL PMIC specific initializations.
> *
> * Copyright (C) 2010 Texas Instruments Incorporated.
>
--
~Randy
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