Re: [PATCH] ipack: fix ipack.h kernel-doc warnings

[Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 08:00:26PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Fix various kernel-doc warnings in ipack.h:
> 
> Remove an empty kernel-doc comment.
> Add 2 missing struct short descriptions.
> Fix a typo in a description.
> Add a missing struct field description.
> Add some missing Return descriptions.
> Clarify one function short description.

Hello Randy!

Thank you for your patch. Just a small comment regarding formatting.
The commit message would be more clear and easy to read if the points have
a small indentation and/or bullets. For ex:

"""
Fix various kernel-doc warnings in ipack.h:

 - Remove an empty kernel-doc comment.
 - Add 2 missing struct short descriptions.
 - ....

"""

regards,
Vaibhav

> 
> Warning: ../include/linux/ipack.h:73 Cannot find identifier on line:
>  */
> Warning: ../include/linux/ipack.h:74 Cannot find identifier on line:
> struct ipack_region {
> Warning: ../include/linux/ipack.h:75 Cannot find identifier on line:
>         phys_addr_t start;
> Warning: ../include/linux/ipack.h:76 Cannot find identifier on line:
>         size_t      size;
> Warning: ../include/linux/ipack.h:77 Cannot find identifier on line:
> };
> Warning: ../include/linux/ipack.h:78 Cannot find identifier on line:
> 
> Warning: ../include/linux/ipack.h:79 Cannot find identifier on line:
> /**
> Warning: ipack.h:80 missing initial short description on line:
>  *      struct ipack_device
> Warning: ipack.h:163 missing initial short description on line:
>  *      struct ipack_bus_device
> Warning: ipack.h:130 struct member 'id_table' not described in 'ipack_driver'
> Warning: ipack.h:189 No description found for return value of 'ipack_bus_register'
> Warning: ipack.h:194 No description found for return value of 'ipack_bus_unregister' ***
> Warning: ipack.h:202 No description found for return value of 'ipack_driver_register'
> Warning: ipack.h:221 No description found for return value of 'ipack_device_init'
> Warning: ipack.h:236 No description found for return value of 'ipack_device_add'
> Warning: ipack.h:271 No description found for return value of 'ipack_get_carrier'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> Cc: Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@gmail.com>
> Cc: Jens Taprogge <jens.taprogge@taprogge.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: industrypack-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> ---
>  include/linux/ipack.h |   23 +++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-next-20251013.orig/include/linux/ipack.h
> +++ linux-next-20251013/include/linux/ipack.h
> @@ -70,15 +70,13 @@ enum ipack_space {
>  	IPACK_SPACE_COUNT,
>  };
>  
> -/**
> - */
>  struct ipack_region {
>  	phys_addr_t start;
>  	size_t      size;
>  };
>  
>  /**
> - *	struct ipack_device
> + *	struct ipack_device - subsystem representation of an IPack device
>   *
>   *	@slot: Slot where the device is plugged in the carrier board
>   *	@bus: ipack_bus_device where the device is plugged to.
> @@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ struct ipack_region {
>   *
>   * Warning: Direct access to mapped memory is possible but the endianness
>   * is not the same with PCI carrier or VME carrier. The endianness is managed
> - * by the carrier board throught bus->ops.
> + * by the carrier board through bus->ops.
>   */
>  struct ipack_device {
>  	unsigned int slot;
> @@ -124,6 +122,7 @@ struct ipack_driver_ops {
>   * struct ipack_driver -- Specific data to each ipack device driver
>   *
>   * @driver: Device driver kernel representation
> + * @id_table: Device ID table for this driver
>   * @ops:    Callbacks provided by the IPack device driver
>   */
>  struct ipack_driver {
> @@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ struct ipack_bus_ops {
>  };
>  
>  /**
> - *	struct ipack_bus_device
> + *	struct ipack_bus_device - IPack bus representation
>   *
>   *	@dev: pointer to carrier device
>   *	@slots: number of slots available
> @@ -185,6 +184,8 @@ struct ipack_bus_device {
>   *
>   * The carrier board device should call this function to register itself as
>   * available bus device in ipack.
> + *
> + * Return: %NULL on error or &struct ipack_bus_device on success
>   */
>  struct ipack_bus_device *ipack_bus_register(struct device *parent, int slots,
>  					    const struct ipack_bus_ops *ops,
> @@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ struct ipack_bus_device *ipack_bus_regis
>  
>  /**
>   *	ipack_bus_unregister -- unregister an ipack bus
> + *
> + *	Return: %0
>   */
>  int ipack_bus_unregister(struct ipack_bus_device *bus);
>  
> @@ -200,6 +203,8 @@ int ipack_bus_unregister(struct ipack_bu
>   *
>   * Called by a ipack driver to register itself as a driver
>   * that can manage ipack devices.
> + *
> + * Return: zero on success or error code on failure.
>   */
>  int ipack_driver_register(struct ipack_driver *edrv, struct module *owner,
>  			  const char *name);
> @@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ void ipack_driver_unregister(struct ipac
>   * function.  The rest of the fields will be allocated and populated
>   * during initalization.
>   *
> - * Return zero on success or error code on failure.
> + * Return: zero on success or error code on failure.
>   *
>   * NOTE: _Never_ directly free @dev after calling this function, even
>   * if it returned an error! Always use ipack_put_device() to give up the
> @@ -230,7 +235,7 @@ int ipack_device_init(struct ipack_devic
>   * Add a new IPack device. The call is done by the carrier driver
>   * after calling ipack_device_init().
>   *
> - * Return zero on success or error code on failure.
> + * Return: zero on success or error code on failure.
>   *
>   * NOTE: _Never_ directly free @dev after calling this function, even
>   * if it returned an error! Always use ipack_put_device() to give up the
> @@ -266,9 +271,11 @@ void ipack_put_device(struct ipack_devic
>  	 .device = (dev)
>  
>  /**
> - * ipack_get_carrier - it increase the carrier ref. counter of
> + * ipack_get_carrier - try to increase the carrier ref. counter of
>   *                     the carrier module
>   * @dev: mezzanine device which wants to get the carrier
> + *
> + * Return: true on success.
>   */
>  static inline int ipack_get_carrier(struct ipack_device *dev)
>  {