[PATCH net] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Fix race condition for VLAN table access

[Anwar, Md Danish]

On 10/5/2024 1:37 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 11:46:10 +0100 Simon Horman wrote:
>>> 1. Move the documentation to kdoc - This is will result in checkpatch
>>> 2. Keep the documentation in kdoc as well as inline - This will result
>>> in no warnings but duplicate documentation which I don't think is good.
>>>
>>> I was not sure which one takes more precedence check patch or kdoc, thus
>>> put it inline thinking fixing checkpatch might have more weightage.
>>>
>>> Let me know what should be done here.  
>>
>> FWIIW, my preference would be for option 2.
> 
> Of the two options I'd pick 1, perhaps due to my deeply seated
> "disappointment" in the quality of checkpatch warnings :)
> Complaining about missing comment when there's a kdoc is a false
> positive in my book. But option 2 works, too.
> 
> I haven't tested it but there's also the option 3 - providing 
> the kdoc inline, something like:
> 
> +	/** @vtbl_lock: Lock for vtbl in shared memory */
> +	spinlock_t vtbl_lock;
> 

Hi Jakub, I tested this and option 3 works. I don't see either kdoc or
checkpatch warning. I will go ahead and re spin the patch with option 3.

> Again, no strong preference on which option you choose.
> kdoc warnings may get emitted during builds so we should avoid them.

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Thanks and Regards,
Md Danish Anwar