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doc-guide: kernel-doc: add comment about formatting verification 

Currently there is no automated checking for kernel-doc comments except
running 'kernel-doc -v -none <filename>'. Mention the possibility to run
kernel-doc to verify formatting of the comments in the kernel-doc guide.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Mike Rapoport 2018-02-20 20:36:25 +02:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ that somebody changing the code will also change the documentation. The
overview kernel-doc comments may be placed anywhere at the top indentation
level.
Running the ``kernel-doc`` tool with increased verbosity and without actual
output generation may be used to verify proper formatting of the
documentation comments. For example::
scripts/kernel-doc -v -none drivers/foo/bar.c
The documentation format is verified by the kernel build when it is
requested to perform extra gcc checks::
make W=n
Function documentation
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