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diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst index 8db53cdc225f..f96059767c8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ The general format of a function and function-like macro kernel-doc comment is:: * Context: Describes whether the function can sleep, what locks it takes, * releases, or expects to be held. It can extend over multiple * lines. - * Return: Describe the return value of foobar. + * Return: Describe the return value of function_name. * * The return value description can also have multiple paragraphs, and should * be placed at the end of the comment block. @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ doc: *title* functions: *[ function ...]* Include documentation for each *function* in *source*. - If no *function* if specified, the documentaion for all functions + If no *function* is specified, the documentation for all functions and types in the *source* will be included. Examples:: @@ -517,4 +517,17 @@ How to use kernel-doc to generate man pages If you just want to use kernel-doc to generate man pages you can do this from the kernel git tree:: - $ scripts/kernel-doc -man $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- :^Documentation :^tools) | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man + $ scripts/kernel-doc -man \ + $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- :^Documentation :^tools) \ + | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man + +Some older versions of git do not support some of the variants of syntax for +path exclusion. One of the following commands may work for those versions:: + + $ scripts/kernel-doc -man \ + $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- . ':!Documentation' ':!tools') \ + | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man + + $ scripts/kernel-doc -man \ + $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- . ":(exclude)Documentation" ":(exclude)tools") \ + | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man |