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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:14:24 +0100
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From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To:     Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: ctxfi: fix comment syntax in file headers
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:39:32 +0100,
Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> 
> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
> kernel-doc comments.
> There are files in sound/pci/ctxfi which follow this syntax in their file
> headers, i.e. start with '/**' like comments, which causes unexpected
> warnings from kernel-doc.
> 
> E.g., running scripts/kernel-doc -none on sound/pci/ctxfi/ctresource.c
> causes this warning:
> "warning: wrong kernel-doc identifier on line:
>  * Copyright (C) 2008, Creative Technology Ltd. All Rights Reserved."
> 
> Similarly for other files too.
> 
> Provide a simple fix by replacing the kernel-doc like comment syntax with
> general format, i.e. "/*", to prevent kernel-doc from parsing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi