include/linux/nvme-tcp.h | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Mark reserved fields as "private:" so that kernel-doc comments are
not required for them.
Add comments for @feil and @feih since @fei was split into 2 fields
because @fei is not 4-byte aligned.
These changes eliminate all kernel-doc warnings in nvme-tcp.h.
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:95 struct member 'rsvd2' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_icreq_pdu'
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:113 struct member 'rsvd' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_icresp_pdu'
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:128 struct member 'feil' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_term_pdu'
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:128 struct member 'feiu' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_term_pdu'
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:128 struct member 'rsvd' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_term_pdu'
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:131 struct member 'rsvd' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_term_pdu'
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:169 struct member 'rsvd' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_r2t_pdu'
Warning: include/linux/nvme-tcp.h:187 struct member 'rsvd' not described
in 'nvme_tcp_data_pdu'
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
---
Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Cc: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
include/linux/nvme-tcp.h | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- linux-next-20260311.orig/include/linux/nvme-tcp.h
+++ linux-next-20260311/include/linux/nvme-tcp.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct nvme_tcp_icreq_pdu {
__u8 hpda;
__u8 digest;
__le32 maxr2t;
+ /* private: */
__u8 rsvd2[112];
};
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ struct nvme_tcp_icresp_pdu {
__u8 cpda;
__u8 digest;
__le32 maxdata;
+ /* private: */
__u8 rsvd[112];
};
@@ -118,13 +120,15 @@ struct nvme_tcp_icresp_pdu {
*
* @hdr: pdu common header
* @fes: fatal error status
- * @fei: fatal error information
+ * @feil: fatal error information (low 16 bits)
+ * @feiu: fatal error information (high 16 bits)
*/
struct nvme_tcp_term_pdu {
struct nvme_tcp_hdr hdr;
__le16 fes;
__le16 feil;
__le16 feiu;
+ /* private: */
__u8 rsvd[10];
};
@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ struct nvme_tcp_r2t_pdu {
__u16 ttag;
__le32 r2t_offset;
__le32 r2t_length;
+ /* private: */
__u8 rsvd[4];
};
@@ -184,6 +189,7 @@ struct nvme_tcp_data_pdu {
__u16 ttag;
__le32 data_offset;
__le32 data_length;
+ /* private: */
__u8 rsvd[4];
};
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 10:14:31PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Mark reserved fields as "private:" so that kernel-doc comments are > not required for them. I'm honestly not sure the kerneldoc makes any sense for an on-disk structure that has an external specification. So insteada of these hacks, what about just dropping the kerneldoc comment entirely?
On 3/12/26 12:03 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 10:14:31PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> Mark reserved fields as "private:" so that kernel-doc comments are >> not required for them. > > I'm honestly not sure the kerneldoc makes any sense for an on-disk > structure that has an external specification. So insteada of these > hacks, what about just dropping the kerneldoc comment entirely? > Sure, I'll do that. Thanks. -- ~Randy
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