Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers/base/node: merge register_one_node() and register_node() to a single function.

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 25.09.25 11:34, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 10:54:07AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 24.09.25 20:40, Donet Tom wrote:
>>> register_one_node() and register_node() are small functions.
>>> This patch merges them into a single function named register_node()
>>> to improve code readability.
>>>
>>> No functional changes are introduced.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>    /**
>>>     * unregister_node - unregister a node device
>>>     * @node: node going away
>>> @@ -869,7 +842,13 @@ void register_memory_blocks_under_node_hotplug(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
>>>    }
>>>    #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
>>> -int register_one_node(int nid)
>>> +/*
>>
>> We can directly convert this to proper kernel doc by using /**
>>
>>> + * register_node - Setup a sysfs device for a node.
>>> + * @nid - Node number to use when creating the device.
>>> + *
>>> + * Initialize and register the node device.
>>
>> and briefly describing what the return value means
>>
>> "Returns 0 on success, ..."
> 
> For kernel-doc it should be
> 
> Return: 0 on success, ...

Yeah; I recall that kerneldoc does not complain when using "Returns 
...", but probably it will not be indicated accordingly.

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Cheers

David / dhildenb