[PATCH] tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning

Randy Dunlap posted 1 patch 1 week, 2 days ago
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include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h |    1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
[PATCH] tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning
Posted by Randy Dunlap 1 week, 2 days ago
Add a description of struct reader to resolve a kernel-doc warning:

Warning: include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h:43 struct member 'reader' not described in 'trace_buffer_meta'

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
---
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org

 include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- linux-next-20260126.orig/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
+++ linux-next-20260126/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * @reader.lost_events:	Number of events lost at the time of the reader swap.
  * @reader.id:		subbuf ID of the current reader. ID range [0 : @nr_subbufs - 1]
  * @reader.read:	Number of bytes read on the reader subbuf.
+ * @reader:		The reader composite info structure
  * @flags:		Placeholder for now, 0 until new features are supported.
  * @entries:		Number of entries in the ring-buffer.
  * @overrun:		Number of entries lost in the ring-buffer.
Re: [PATCH] tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning
Posted by Steven Rostedt 1 week, 2 days ago
On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:25:22 -0800
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:

> Add a description of struct reader to resolve a kernel-doc warning:
> 
> Warning: include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h:43 struct member 'reader' not described in 'trace_buffer_meta'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
> Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> 
>  include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> --- linux-next-20260126.orig/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
> +++ linux-next-20260126/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>   * @reader.lost_events:	Number of events lost at the time of the reader swap.
>   * @reader.id:		subbuf ID of the current reader. ID range [0 : @nr_subbufs - 1]
>   * @reader.read:	Number of bytes read on the reader subbuf.
> + * @reader:		The reader composite info structure

Wouldn't it look better if @reader came before its field descriptions?

-- Steve

>   * @flags:		Placeholder for now, 0 until new features are supported.
>   * @entries:		Number of entries in the ring-buffer.
>   * @overrun:		Number of entries lost in the ring-buffer.
Re: [PATCH] tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning
Posted by Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 1 week, 2 days ago
On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:25:22 -0800
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:

> Add a description of struct reader to resolve a kernel-doc warning:
> 
> Warning: include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h:43 struct member 'reader' not described in 'trace_buffer_meta'
> 

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

Thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
> Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> 
>  include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> --- linux-next-20260126.orig/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
> +++ linux-next-20260126/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>   * @reader.lost_events:	Number of events lost at the time of the reader swap.
>   * @reader.id:		subbuf ID of the current reader. ID range [0 : @nr_subbufs - 1]
>   * @reader.read:	Number of bytes read on the reader subbuf.
> + * @reader:		The reader composite info structure
>   * @flags:		Placeholder for now, 0 until new features are supported.
>   * @entries:		Number of entries in the ring-buffer.
>   * @overrun:		Number of entries lost in the ring-buffer.
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>