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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt index 3d8a97747f77..99b57abddf8a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ Example kernel-doc function comment: * comment lines. * * The longer description can have multiple paragraphs. + * + * Return: Describe the return value of foobar. */ The short description following the subject can span multiple lines @@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ If a function parameter is "..." (varargs), it should be listed in kernel-doc notation as: * @...: description +The return value, if any, should be described in a dedicated section +named "Return". Example kernel-doc data structure comment. @@ -222,6 +226,9 @@ only a "*"). "section header:" names must be unique per function (or struct, union, typedef, enum). +Use the section header "Return" for sections describing the return value +of a function. + Avoid putting a spurious blank line after the function name, or else the description will be repeated! @@ -237,21 +244,21 @@ patterns, which are highlighted appropriately. NOTE 1: The multi-line descriptive text you provide does *not* recognize line breaks, so if you try to format some text nicely, as in: - Return codes + Return: 0 - cool 1 - invalid arg 2 - out of memory this will all run together and produce: - Return codes 0 - cool 1 - invalid arg 2 - out of memory + Return: 0 - cool 1 - invalid arg 2 - out of memory NOTE 2: 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, which means you should similarly try to avoid text like: - Return codes: + Return: 0: cool 1: invalid arg 2: out of memory |