We don't just need better doc toolchains, we also need better docs for our doc toolchain!
Cc: Daniel Vetter <[email protected]> Cc: Jani Nikula <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <[email protected]> --- Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst index 10cc7ddb6235..a5bd12d8bd4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst +++ b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst @@ -484,7 +484,10 @@ span multiple lines. The continuation lines may contain indentation. In-line member documentation comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition:: +The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition. +There are two styles, single-line comments where both the opening ``/**`` and +closing ``*/`` are on the same line, and multi-line comments where they are each +on a line of their own, like all other kernel-doc comments:: /** * struct foo - Brief description. @@ -502,6 +505,8 @@ The structure members may also be documented in-line within the definition:: * Here, the member description may contain several paragraphs. */ int baz; + /** @foo: Single line description. */ + int foo; } Private members -- 2.10.2

