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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	nikitash.mariiaw@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 9/9] docs: core-api: Document the seq_buf API
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:27:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919002714.4060307-9-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260919002658.stay.929-kees@kernel.org>

The kernel-doc in include/linux/seq_buf.h and lib/seq_buf.c documents
the seq_buf interface, but no .rst file pulls either of them in, so none
of it reaches the generated documentation.

Add the missing kernel-doc for seq_buf_clear() and seq_buf_init(), and a
Sequence Buffers section to the kernel API documentation. The static
internal helper seq_buf_can_fit() is left out. Additionally fix
seq_buf_hex_dump() indentation to avoid the reported Sphinx error:

  ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
  WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.

Verified with "make SPHINXDIRS=core-api htmldocs", which rendered
happily into core-api/kernel-api.html.

Assisted-by: LLM
Co-developed-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst |  9 +++++++++
 include/linux/seq_buf.h               | 12 ++++++++++++
 lib/seq_buf.c                         | 13 +++++++------
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
index 4c4a57c1c094..f5a0aedbbb48 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ Error Pointers
 .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/err.h
    :internal:
 
+Sequence Buffers
+----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/seq_buf.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/seq_buf.c
+   :no-identifiers: seq_buf_can_fit
+
 Sorting
 -------
 
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_buf.h b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
index 89d847d40626..416a8b67b9ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ struct seq_buf {
 		.size = SIZE,				\
 	}
 
+/**
+ * seq_buf_clear - reset the seq_buf to be read / appended from the beginning
+ * @s: the seq_buf handle
+ */
 static inline void seq_buf_clear(struct seq_buf *s)
 {
 	s->len = 0;
@@ -38,6 +42,14 @@ static inline void seq_buf_clear(struct seq_buf *s)
 		s->buffer[0] = '\0';
 }
 
+/**
+ * seq_buf_init - initialize a seq_buf
+ * @s: the seq_buf handle
+ * @buf: pointer to the buffer
+ * @size: total size of @buf
+ *
+ * The contents of the buffer are ignored.
+ */
 static inline void
 seq_buf_init(struct seq_buf *s, char *buf, unsigned int size)
 {
diff --git a/lib/seq_buf.c b/lib/seq_buf.c
index 7e3bf837da01..1c86eae9e188 100644
--- a/lib/seq_buf.c
+++ b/lib/seq_buf.c
@@ -407,12 +407,13 @@ int seq_buf_to_user(struct seq_buf *s, char __user *ubuf, size_t start, int cnt)
  *
  * Function is an analogue of print_hex_dump() and thus has similar interface.
  *
- * linebuf size is maximal length for one line.
- * 32 * 3 - maximum bytes per line, each printed into 2 chars + 1 for
- *	separating space
- * 2 - spaces separating hex dump and ASCII representation
- * 32 - ASCII representation
- * 1 - terminating '\0'
+ * linebuf size is maximal length for one line::
+ *
+ *	32 * 3 - maximum bytes per line, each printed into 2 chars + 1 for
+ *		 separating space
+ *	2 - spaces separating hex dump and ASCII representation
+ *	32 - ASCII representation
+ *	1 - terminating '\0'
  *
  * Returns: zero on success, -1 on overflow.
  */
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-19  0:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-19  0:26 [PATCH v2 0/9] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen() Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] seq_buf: Do not print an empty line from an overflowed seq_buf_do_printk() Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] seq_buf: Do not pop from an overflowed seq_buf Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] seq_buf: Copy what fits when seq_buf_puts() and seq_buf_putmem() overflow Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] seq_buf: Clear what a writer did not claim when a seq_buf overflows Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen() Kees Cook
2026-09-19  7:38   ` Greg KH
2026-09-19 21:15     ` Kees Cook
2026-09-20  5:34       ` Greg KH
2026-09-20  8:58         ` David Laight
2026-09-21  9:46   ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-19  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_init_append() Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] powerpc/papr_scm: Return the string length from the sysfs show functions Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] nvdimm: ndtest: Return the string length from flags_show() Kees Cook
2026-09-19  0:27 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-09-19  1:54   ` [PATCH v2 9/9] docs: core-api: Document the seq_buf API Randy Dunlap

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