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From: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Document the new inline struct member kernel-doc style
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:43:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161117094312.7825-1-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> (raw)

We don't just need better doc toolchains, we also need better docs for
our doc toolchain!

Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
index 10cc7ddb6235..a5bd12d8bd4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
@@ -484,7 +484,10 @@ span multiple lines. The continuation lines may contain indentation.
 In-line member documentation comments
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition::
+The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition.
+There are two styles, single-line comments where both the opening ``/**`` and
+closing ``*/`` are on the same line, and multi-line comments where they are each
+on a line of their own, like all other kernel-doc comments::
 
   /**
    * struct foo - Brief description.
@@ -502,6 +505,8 @@ The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition::
          * Here, the member description may contain several paragraphs.
          */
         int baz;
+        /** @foo: Single line description. */
+        int foo;
   }
 
 Private members
-- 
2.10.2

             reply	other threads:[~2016-11-17  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-17  9:43 Daniel Vetter [this message]
2016-11-17  9:56 ` Jani Nikula
2016-11-17 10:05   ` Jani Nikula
2016-11-17 10:19 ` Daniel Vetter
2016-11-17 10:23   ` Jani Nikula
2016-11-19 17:32   ` Jonathan Corbet

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