From: "Björn Persson" <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se>
To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@kernel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: leds: uleds: Make the documentation match the code.
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 21:43:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260510214308.09652225@tag.xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260507131128.GM305027@google.com>
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Lee Jones wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2026, Björn Persson wrote:
>
> > Lee Jones wrote:
> > > On Thu, 02 Apr 2026, Björn Persson wrote:
> > >
> > > > +The current brightness is found by reading a whole int from the character
> > >
> > > Try not to shorten names in documentation "integer".
> >
> > The type is named "int" in C. There are many integer types, but it would
> > be wrong to try to read a uint16_t or a size_t or any other integer
> > type. The document needs to use the actual type name to make it clear to
> > the reader that they must read sizeof(int) bytes.
>
> Right, but you're not writing in C.
That's technically true, as I wrote my program in C++. It's far from my
favorite, but I had to use a language that can include C header files
and use C types, because /dev/uleds is a very C-centric interface.
If API documentation isn't allowed to name a type, then I withdraw the
patch. It's pointless to continue. The next programmer will also have to
read the code to find out what the true API is, like I did.
Björn Persson
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 20:27 [PATCH] docs: leds: uleds: Make the documentation match the code Björn Persson
2026-04-23 15:26 ` Lee Jones
2026-04-24 17:47 ` Björn Persson
2026-05-07 13:11 ` Lee Jones
2026-05-10 19:43 ` Björn Persson [this message]
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