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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-12-18 15:30:05 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2017-12-21 23:41:46 +0300
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docs: kernel-doc.rst: improve structs chapter
There is a mess on this chapter: it suggests that even enums and unions should be documented with "struct". That's not the way it should be ;-) Fix it and move it to happen earlier. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -258,6 +258,30 @@ named ``Return``.
as a new section heading, with probably won't produce the desired
effect.
+Structure, union, and enumeration documentation
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The general format of a struct, union, and enum kernel-doc comment is::
+
+ /**
+ * struct struct_name - Brief description.
+ * @argument: Description of member member_name.
+ *
+ * Description of the structure.
+ */
+
+On the above, ``struct`` is used to mean structs. You can also use ``union``
+and ``enum`` to describe unions and enums. ``argument`` is used
+to mean struct and union member names as well as enumerations in an enum.
+
+The brief description following the structure name may span multiple lines, and
+ends with a member description, a blank comment line, or the end of the
+comment block.
+
+The kernel-doc data structure comments describe each member of the structure,
+in order, with the member descriptions.
+
+
Highlights and cross-references
-------------------------------
@@ -331,30 +355,6 @@ cross-references.
For further details, please refer to the `Sphinx C Domain`_ documentation.
-Structure, union, and enumeration documentation
------------------------------------------------
-
-The general format of a struct, union, and enum kernel-doc comment is::
-
- /**
- * struct struct_name - Brief description.
- * @member_name: Description of member member_name.
- *
- * Description of the structure.
- */
-
-Below, "struct" is used to mean structs, unions and enums, and "member" is used
-to mean struct and union members as well as enumerations in an enum.
-
-The brief description following the structure name may span multiple lines, and
-ends with a ``@member:`` description, a blank comment line, or the end of the
-comment block.
-
-The kernel-doc data structure comments describe each member of the structure, in
-order, with the ``@member:`` descriptions. The ``@member:`` descriptions must
-begin on the very next line following the opening brief function description
-line, with no intervening blank comment lines. The ``@member:`` descriptions may
-span multiple lines. The continuation lines may contain indentation.
In-line member documentation comments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~