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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-12-18 10:30:04 -0200 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-12-21 13:41:46 -0700 |
commit | fc275bf3b99d2c78e1c132d2199be1cb6a701905 (patch) | |
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docs: kernel-doc.rst: improve function documentation section
Move its contents to happen earlier and improve the description
of return values, adding a subsection to it. Most of the contents
there came from kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 100 |
1 files changed, 61 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst index 7cf58c3489de..3aac228fc346 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst @@ -197,6 +197,67 @@ Example:: int d; }; +Function documentation +---------------------- + +The general format of a function and function-like macro kernel-doc comment is:: + + /** + * function_name() - Brief description of function. + * @arg1: Describe the first argument. + * @arg2: Describe the second argument. + * One can provide multiple line descriptions + * for arguments. + * + * A longer description, with more discussion of the function function_name() + * that might be useful to those using or modifying it. Begins with an + * empty comment line, and may include additional embedded empty + * comment lines. + * + * The longer description may have multiple paragraphs. + * + * Return: Describe the return value of foobar. + * + * The return value description can also have multiple paragraphs, and should + * be placed at the end of the comment block. + */ + +The brief description following the function name may span multiple lines, and +ends with an argument description, a blank comment line, or the end of the +comment block. + +Return values +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The return value, if any, should be described in a dedicated section +named ``Return``. + +.. note:: + + #) The multi-line descriptive text you provide does *not* recognize + line breaks, so if you try to format some text nicely, as in:: + + * Return: + * 0 - OK + * -EINVAL - invalid argument + * -ENOMEM - out of memory + + this will all run together and produce:: + + Return: 0 - OK -EINVAL - invalid argument -ENOMEM - out of memory + + So, in order to produce the desired line breaks, you need to use a + ReST list, e. g.:: + + * Return: + * * 0 - OK to runtime suspend the device + * * -EBUSY - Device should not be runtime suspended + + #) If the descriptive text you provide has lines that begin with + some phrase followed by a colon, each of those phrases will be taken + as a new section heading, with probably won't produce the desired + effect. + Highlights and cross-references ------------------------------- @@ -269,45 +330,6 @@ cross-references. For further details, please refer to the `Sphinx C Domain`_ documentation. -Function documentation ----------------------- - -The general format of a function and function-like macro kernel-doc comment is:: - - /** - * function_name() - Brief description of function. - * @arg1: Describe the first argument. - * @arg2: Describe the second argument. - * One can provide multiple line descriptions - * for arguments. - * - * A longer description, with more discussion of the function function_name() - * that might be useful to those using or modifying it. Begins with an - * empty comment line, and may include additional embedded empty - * comment lines. - * - * The longer description may have multiple paragraphs. - * - * Return: Describe the return value of foobar. - * - * The return value description can also have multiple paragraphs, and should - * be placed at the end of the comment block. - */ - -The brief description following the function name may span multiple lines, and -ends with an ``@argument:`` description, a blank comment line, or the end of the -comment block. - -The kernel-doc function comments describe each parameter to the function, in -order, with the ``@argument:`` descriptions. The ``@argument:`` descriptions -must begin on the very next line following the opening brief function -description line, with no intervening blank comment lines. The ``@argument:`` -descriptions may span multiple lines. The continuation lines may contain -indentation. If a function parameter is ``...`` (varargs), it should be listed -in kernel-doc notation as: ``@...:``. - -The return value, if any, should be described in a dedicated section at the end -of the comment starting with "Return:". Structure, union, and enumeration documentation ----------------------------------------------- |