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Date:   Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:34:24 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To:     Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: vmx: fix incorrect kernel-doc comment syntax in
 files
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On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 01:55:25AM +0530, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
> kernel-doc comments.
> There are certain files in drivers/crypto/vmx, which follow this syntax,
> but the content inside does not comply with kernel-doc.
> Such lines were probably not meant for kernel-doc parsing, but are parsed
> due to the presence of kernel-doc like comment syntax(i.e, '/**'), which
> causes unexpected warnings from kernel-doc.
> 
> E.g., presence of kernel-doc like comment in the header line for
> drivers/crypto/vmx/vmx.c causes this warning by kernel-doc:
> 
> "warning: expecting prototype for Routines supporting VMX instructions on the Power 8(). Prototype was for p8_init() instead"
> 
> Similarly for other files too.
> 
> Provide a simple fix by replacing such occurrences with general comment
> format, i.e. '/*', to prevent kernel-doc from parsing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
> ---
> * Applies perfectly on next-20210319
> 
>  drivers/crypto/vmx/aes.c     | 2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_cbc.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_ctr.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_xts.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/vmx/ghash.c   | 2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/vmx/vmx.c     | 2 +-
>  6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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