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From: "Tomasz Warniełło" <tomasz.warniello@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: "Tomasz Warniełło" <tomasz.warniello@gmail.com>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Jani Nikula" <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 11/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Remove the "format of comments" comment block
Date: Tue,  4 Jan 2022 02:59:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220104015946.529524-12-tomasz.warniello@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220104015946.529524-1-tomasz.warniello@gmail.com>

As suggested by Jani Nikula in a reply to my first version of this
transformation, Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst can serve as the
information hub for comment formatting. The section DESCRIPTION already
points there, so the original comment block can just be removed.

* Transform documentation into POD (11/15)
See step 1 for the series details.

= Meta note =

I guess, I should use the Suggested-by tag for credits.
Maintainers, please correct this if I'm doing this wrong.

Suggested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/kernel-doc | 115 ---------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 115 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index b4852c2ba243..493c024744b0 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -79,121 +79,6 @@ See Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst for the documentation comment syntax.
 # 25/07/2012 - Added support for HTML5
 # -- Dan Luedtke <mail@danrl.de>
 
-#
-# format of comments.
-# In the following table, (...)? signifies optional structure.
-#                         (...)* signifies 0 or more structure elements
-# /**
-#  * function_name(:)? (- short description)?
-# (* @parameterx: (description of parameter x)?)*
-# (* a blank line)?
-#  * (Description:)? (Description of function)?
-#  * (section header: (section description)? )*
-#  (*)?*/
-#
-# So .. the trivial example would be:
-#
-# /**
-#  * my_function
-#  */
-#
-# If the Description: header tag is omitted, then there must be a blank line
-# after the last parameter specification.
-# e.g.
-# /**
-#  * my_function - does my stuff
-#  * @my_arg: its mine damnit
-#  *
-#  * Does my stuff explained.
-#  */
-#
-#  or, could also use:
-# /**
-#  * my_function - does my stuff
-#  * @my_arg: its mine damnit
-#  * Description: Does my stuff explained.
-#  */
-# etc.
-#
-# Besides functions you can also write documentation for structs, unions,
-# enums and typedefs. Instead of the function name you must write the name
-# of the declaration;  the struct/union/enum/typedef must always precede
-# the name. Nesting of declarations is not supported.
-# Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
-# e.g.
-# /**
-#  * struct my_struct - short description
-#  * @a: first member
-#  * @b: second member
-#  *
-#  * Longer description
-#  */
-# struct my_struct {
-#     int a;
-#     int b;
-# /* private: */
-#     int c;
-# };
-#
-# All descriptions can be multiline, except the short function description.
-#
-# For really longs structs, you can also describe arguments inside the
-# body of the struct.
-# eg.
-# /**
-#  * struct my_struct - short description
-#  * @a: first member
-#  * @b: second member
-#  *
-#  * Longer description
-#  */
-# struct my_struct {
-#     int a;
-#     int b;
-#     /**
-#      * @c: This is longer description of C
-#      *
-#      * You can use paragraphs to describe arguments
-#      * using this method.
-#      */
-#     int c;
-# };
-#
-# This should be use only for struct/enum members.
-#
-# You can also add additional sections. When documenting kernel functions you
-# should document the "Context:" of the function, e.g. whether the functions
-# can be called form interrupts. Unlike other sections you can end it with an
-# empty line.
-# A non-void function should have a "Return:" section describing the return
-# value(s).
-# Example-sections should contain the string EXAMPLE so that they are marked
-# appropriately in DocBook.
-#
-# Example:
-# /**
-#  * user_function - function that can only be called in user context
-#  * @a: some argument
-#  * Context: !in_interrupt()
-#  *
-#  * Some description
-#  * Example:
-#  *    user_function(22);
-#  */
-# ...
-#
-#
-# All descriptive text is further processed, scanning for the following special
-# patterns, which are highlighted appropriately.
-#
-# 'funcname()' - function
-# '$ENVVAR' - environmental variable
-# '&struct_name' - name of a structure (up to two words including 'struct')
-# '&struct_name.member' - name of a structure member
-# '@parameter' - name of a parameter
-# '%CONST' - name of a constant.
-# '``LITERAL``' - literal string without any spaces on it.
-
 ## init lots of data
 
 my $errors = 0;
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-01-04  2:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-04  1:59 [PATCH v3 00/15] Transform documentation into POD Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Add the NAME section Tomasz Warniełło
2022-02-16 23:18   ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Add the SYNOPSIS section Tomasz Warniełło
2022-02-16 23:19   ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 03/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Relink argument parsing error handling to pod2usage Tomasz Warniełło
2022-02-16 23:21   ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 04/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Translate the DESCRIPTION section Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 05/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Translate the "Output format selection" subsection of OPTIONS Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 06/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Translate the "Output format selection modifier" " Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 07/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Translate the "Output selection" " Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 08/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Translate the "Output selection modifiers" " Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 09/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Translate the "Other parameters" " Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 10/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Replace the usage function Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` Tomasz Warniełło [this message]
2022-02-16 23:26   ` [PATCH v3 11/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Remove the "format of comments" comment block Jonathan Corbet
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 12/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Archive the pre-git museum Tomasz Warniełło
2022-02-16 23:29   ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 13/15] scripts: kernel-doc: License cleanup Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 14/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Refresh the copyright lines Tomasz Warniełło
2022-02-16 23:34   ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-01-04  1:59 ` [PATCH v3 15/15] scripts: kernel-doc: Move the TODOs Tomasz Warniełło
2022-02-16 23:34   ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-01-13  6:41 ` [PATCH v3 00/15] Transform documentation into POD Tomasz Warniełło
2022-01-13 16:19   ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-02-16 23:14 ` Jonathan Corbet

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