# Re: \[PATCH net-next\] net: reformat kdoc return statements

- From: Richard Cochran \<richardcochran@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2024-11-16 14:28:08 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2024/11/11311564
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2024/11/11311520/t.md

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On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 08:36:12AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> kernel-doc -Wall warns about missing Return: statement for non-void
> functions. We have a number of kdocs in our headers which are missing
> the colon, IOW they use
>  * Return some value
> or
>  * Returns some value
> 
> Having the colon makes some sense, it should help kdoc parser avoid
> false positives. So add them. This is mostly done with a sed script,
> and removing the unnecessary cases (mostly the comments which aren't
> kdoc).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> ---
> LMK if I should have split this into smaller chunks, I don't really
> expect much review here, TBH.
> ---
> CC: pablo@netfilter.org
> CC: linux@armlinux.org.uk
> CC: richardcochran@gmail.com

Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
```