Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm: fix kernel-doc struct tag for `drm_modeset_lock`.

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2025, Javier Garcia <rampxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> - Add needed "@" to avoid warn messages about duplicated symbols
> as there is function and struct with the same name.
> - The fixed warning is:
>
> 	./Documentation/gpu/drm-kms:476: ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c:377: WARNING: Duplicate C declaration, also defined at gpu/drm-kms:48.
> 	Declaration is '.. c:function:: int drm_modeset_lock (struct drm_modeset_lock *lock, struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)'. [duplicate_declaration.c]

Please look into why adding @ here appear to fix the issue.

The problem is deeper than what this patch makes it seem, and this
papers over the issue in a way that sets the wrong example for the
future.


BR,
Jani.

>
> Fixes: f3a808817fdb ("drm: fix drm_modeset_lock.h kernel-doc notation")
> Signed-off-by: Javier Garcia <rampxxxx@gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
> index ec4f543c3d95..0de7046dc653 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx {
>  };
>  
>  /**
> - * struct drm_modeset_lock - used for locking modeset resources.
> + * @struct drm_modeset_lock - used for locking modeset resources.
>   * @mutex: resource locking
>   * @head: used to hold its place on &drm_atomi_state.locked list when
>   *    part of an atomic update

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Jani Nikula, Intel