Re: WTF: patch "[PATCH] iio: fix kernel-doc build errors" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.14-stable tree?

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 02:02:18PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 12/11/2017 01:14 PM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.14-stable tree.
> > 
> > I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
> > Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.
> > 
> > I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to 
> > <stable@vger.kernel.org> and let me know why this patch should be
> > applied.  Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be
> > seen again.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Mind you, I'm not pushing for its inclusion in -stable, but I would say that
> it meets all of the rules listed for inclusion, depending on how loosely or
> how strongly one interprets some of the wording there.
> 
> ta.
> 
> > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
> > 
> > From c175cb7cd953782bbf4e8bdf088ad61440d6dde5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> > Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 17:06:01 -0700
> > Subject: [PATCH] iio: fix kernel-doc build errors
> > 
> > Fix build errors in kernel-doc notation. Symbols that end in '_'
> > have a special meaning, but adding a '*' makes them OK.
> > 
> > ../drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:635: ERROR: Unknown target name: "iio_val".
> > ../drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:642: ERROR: Unknown target name: "iio_val".
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> > Cc: <Stable@vger.kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > index 9c4cfd19b739..2f0998ebeed2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static ssize_t __iio_format_value(char *buf, size_t len, unsigned int type,
> >   * iio_format_value() - Formats a IIO value into its string representation
> >   * @buf:	The buffer to which the formatted value gets written
> >   *		which is assumed to be big enough (i.e. PAGE_SIZE).
> > - * @type:	One of the IIO_VAL_... constants. This decides how the val
> > + * @type:	One of the IIO_VAL_* constants. This decides how the val
> >   *		and val2 parameters are formatted.
> >   * @size:	Number of IIO value entries contained in vals
> >   * @vals:	Pointer to the values, exact meaning depends on the
> > @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static ssize_t __iio_format_value(char *buf, size_t len, unsigned int type,
> >   *
> >   * Return: 0 by default, a negative number on failure or the
> >   *	   total number of characters written for a type that belongs
> > - *	   to the IIO_VAL_... constant.
> > + *	   to the IIO_VAL_* constant.
> >   */
> >  ssize_t iio_format_value(char *buf, unsigned int type, int size, int *vals)
> >  {

I can't duplicate this build error on 4.14 anyway, what do you have to
do to reproduce it?

'make htmldocs' doesn't show it.  It does show a bunch of documentation
build warnings, which maybe I should care about and get cleaned up, as
people will be using this kernel for a while...

thanks,

greg k-h