From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] uaccess: fix some erroneous kerneldoc comments
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:21:18 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87se1ww4ld.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
Several of the comments in include/linux/uaccess.h generate kerneldoc
warnings due to the use of "/**" markers on non-kerneldoc comments and
unmarked literal blocks. Bring these digressions into form and eliminate a
number of docs-build warnings. No changes to code or documentation
content.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
---
Naturally bringing this file into the docs build turned up some
warnings; this fixes them. Happy to ship it with my other patch or let
it go through -mm, whatever works.
include/linux/uaccess.h | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index eddbbb65ccc4..67cdb0a4f583 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ extern __must_check int check_zeroed_user(const void __user *from, size_t size);
* struct).
*
* @ksize is just sizeof(*dst), and @usize should've been passed by userspace.
- * The recommended usage is something like the following:
+ * The recommended usage is something like the following::
*
* SYSCALL_DEFINE2(foobar, const struct foo __user *, uarg, size_t, usize)
* {
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ copy_struct_from_user(void *dst, size_t ksize, const void __user *src,
* about data it does not.
*
* @ksize is just sizeof(*src), and @usize should've been passed by userspace.
- * The recommended usage is something like the following:
+ * The recommended usage is something like the following::
*
* SYSCALL_DEFINE2(foobar, struct foo __user *, uarg, size_t, usize)
* {
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ __copy_struct_generic_bounce_buffer(void *dst, size_t dstsize,
memcpy(dst, src, size);
}
-/**
+/*
* This is like copy_struct_from_user(), but the
* src buffer was already copied into a kernel
* bounce buffer, so it will never return -EFAULT.
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ copy_struct_from_bounce_buffer(void *dst, size_t dstsize,
return 0;
}
-/**
+/*
* This is like copy_struct_to_user(), but the
* dst buffer is a kernel bounce buffer instead
* of a direct userspace buffer, so it will never return -EFAULT.
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static __always_inline void __scoped_user_rw_access_end(const void *p)
* If the user access function inside the scope requires a fault label, it
* can use @elbl or a different label outside the scope, which requires
* that user access which is implemented with ASM GOTO has been properly
- * wrapped. See unsafe_get_user() for reference.
+ * wrapped. See unsafe_get_user() for reference::
*
* scoped_user_rw_access(ptr, efault) {
* unsafe_get_user(rval, &ptr->rval, efault);
--
2.55.0
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