Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: longrun: fix typo in kernel-doc

From: Manuel Ebner

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 04:53:11 EST


On Mon, 2026-10-19 at 11:37 +0800, Zhongqiu Han wrote:
> Hi Manuel,
>
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> On 10/17/2026 3:14 PM, Manuel Ebner wrote:
> > Fix typo to fix:
> >
> >    $ ./scripts/kernel-doc -none drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
> >    Warning: drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c:126 expecting prototype for longrun_verify_poliy(). Prototype was for longrun_verify_policy() instead
>
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl reports a warning which should be acceptable to
> keep unwrapped as it is tool output.
>
> WARNING: Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit
> description?)
> #9:
>    Warning: drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c:126 expecting prototype for
> longrun_verify_poliy(). Prototype was for longrun_verify_policy() instead
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 8 lines checked
>
>
>
> Also, while reproducing this issue, I noticed another problem,
>
> ./scripts/kernel-doc -none drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
> Warning: drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c:21 This comment starts with '/**',
> but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer to
> Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
>   * longrun_{low,high}_freq is needed for the conversion of cpufreq kHz
>
> It should use /* instead of /** and may be worth a separate patch. 

Will do.

> But
> since this patch is only intended to fix the typo, the patch itself
> looks fine to me.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Small nit: please consider to add the Fixes tag:
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")

Well, thats the init commit, should it still be added in
future patches?
Can pre-git history be referenced?

>
> Reviewed-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

Thanks
Manuel

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