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[209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e7si14573583edn.267.2019.10.16.00.40.02; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:40:25 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=o9s23SP7; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387814AbfJPADk (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:03:40 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f67.google.com ([209.85.128.67]:35873 "EHLO mail-wm1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728287AbfJPADk (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:03:40 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f67.google.com with SMTP id m18so798157wmc.1; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=z+boKbPCJy6Y+QmEBbA2r6Sy5oF4Bkb5MuauoyykrQg=; b=o9s23SP7JEIeCegNEId+494t1oUADoPW/AaYLQCM9nW0UZY9VnFOmgJAKyfhJV+vfU SUM67QdQDD5jfkrS6zCFCJiY9HkKYL41XjA5rTppD9+Cn/Mf87TyIvcdt6TfoX8sLplC SHxLR2sjCen3SsmBsodriYKupoRWPzbRNr//tuLfLVxJH0dkiv7cW6XWTVlL49G3gBcZ TavTe8XoTdJDg3jnnbsW26uuFU4iPOE3ydfvc3pkAjt5zpmUMw2fBjHIwP8x1gnJzaeL L+xycGn81efQM6XCUoVgqn5ACf4ZVgvewcW3NfYREkAnQ18+p0G5cPrcTSgUX/Uk82Ay XvnQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=z+boKbPCJy6Y+QmEBbA2r6Sy5oF4Bkb5MuauoyykrQg=; b=Mb5VpJQ8wBE5KJyKwUGmeGdh2lyhIE05toSwx2ocPDBf4vCWWFA1h0AzlyUJ854gUJ 5QPMXkY1wn05sC1tNCtSjBeWLT9ZDw2w7SUaD4vZGoSbcokAntFPVVwOJdA/DJm9hgAN tL8S8c+jwO8RNZQeNw0hji6Ufy1bTN9YPa8jzK4b6z5anCzaXQ2BQg5PqLJ2LhrQd/X0 sKvNpYLKbAQBMUMACuQM1e1lh9kghPaTNID5gXFQ0ro2tmifGYUdm9V8dkfudneo/78g 0FZvNP6axIMztXaQowCi281vrrDOK9fdGwcMmaJ/1LfAIoDHwK1EI9GCzboxykDDCbF7 ZrfQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXIaWqjOWNiQNrl7scQes5ICv/6xHrx3xwgV5NnzK3yAD8egS+q j1mKJo8GRjN3zcd8j7jUg1Y= X-Received: by 2002:a7b:cd87:: with SMTP id y7mr807381wmj.93.1571184216877; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:03:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.google.com ([104.238.174.53]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q19sm47346920wra.89.2019.10.15.17.03.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:03:24 +0800 From: Changbin Du To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Thomas Zimmermann , Tim.Bird@sony.com, jani.nikula@linux.intel.com, changbin.du@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions' to 'specific' Message-ID: <20191016000322.7dnuwvxqtdbg7clq@mail.google.com> References: <20191013055359.23312-1-changbin.du@gmail.com> <875zkrd7nq.fsf@intel.com> <7e7557b5-469f-3e63-6254-53dab2d7234a@suse.de> <20191015115439.GE32665@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191015115439.GE32665@bombadil.infradead.org> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 04:54:39AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:25:53AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > > My preference would be to use 'symbols'. I tried to come up with something > > > but 'symbols' is better than anything I came up with. > > > > Maybe 'interfaces' or 'artifacts'. The term 'symbols' is just as > > imprecise as 'functions'. > > I suggested 'identifier' because that's the term used in the C spec (6.2.1): > > : An identifier can denote an object; a function; a tag or a member > : of a structure, union, or enumeration; a typedef name; a label name; > : a macro name; or a macro parameter. > I also prefer this one now. I was looking for something like this. My original idea is 'prototype', but that is only for function. > We don't allow documenting all those things separately, but it does cover > all the things we do allow to be individually documented. -- Cheers, Changbin Du