Hi David,
On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 11:31, David Laight <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 2026 09:32:06 +0200
> Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 09:31, Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 14 May 2026 at 18:32, Manuel Ebner <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > add kernel-doc comment to strlcat() function definitions
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > > +/**
> > > > > + * strlcat - Append a string to an existing string
> > > > > + *
> > > > > + * @dest: pointer to %NUL-terminated string to append to
> > > > > + * @src: pointer to %NUL-terminated string to append from
> > > > > + * @count: Maximum bytes available in @dest
> > > > > + *
> > > >
> > > > Missing "Returns ...".
> > >
> > > Documentation says "Return:" as
> > > - the section (note important colon)
> > > - the singular (however plural is undocumented and supported)
> >
> > Trailing "s" is not always plural in English ;-)
>
> It is for 'Return' :-)
In case "returns" is a shorthand for "return values", it indeed is ;-)
I meant a conjugation of the verb "to return".
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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