[PATCH] drm: Fix kerneldoc warns in connector-related docs

Sam Ravnborg sam at ravnborg.org
Fri Aug 9 21:06:07 UTC 2019


Hi Sean.

> > > > > --- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> > > > > +++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> > > > > @@ -543,8 +543,8 @@ struct drm_connector_state {
> > > > >  	 *
> > > > >  	 * This is also used in the atomic helpers to map encoders to their
> > > > >  	 * current and previous connectors, see
> > > > > -	 * &drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder() and
> > > > > -	 * &drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder().
> > > > > +	 * &drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder and
> > > > > +	 * &drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder.
> > > > Please fix this to use () for the functions and drop the "&".
> > > > This is what we use in drm kernel-doc for functions.
> > > > See for example function references in doc of writeback_job in the same file.
> > > 
> > > Doing this won't get a hyperlink in the docs. It seems like these hooks aren't
> > > recognized as functions by sphinx (not sure didn't look into it too deeply). The
> > > other "_funcs.*" hooks are also handled with '&' (there are lots of examples in
> > > drm_connector.h).
> > > 
> > > I think preserving the hyperlinks probably outweighs the missing (), thoughts?
> > 
> > Hmm, I actually tested it here - with sphinx_1.4.9.
> > The links was preserved, the only difference was that they had the ()
> > prefixed to their name.
> > 
> > Do you happen to use an older sphinx version?
> 
> I'm on 1.7.9. I just rechecked and was a bit confused in my last mail. The
> drm_atomic_get_*_connector_for_encoder links do work with (), it's the ones
> drm_connector_helper_funcs in the paragraph above that need the '&'. So I'll
> switch up these 2 and leave the others as-is. Cool?
Perfect!

You can add my:

Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org>

and then apply.

	Sam


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