The kernel-doc markup inside share.c is actually for __parport_register_driver. The actual goal seems to be to document parport_register_driver().
So, fix the existing markup and add a new one. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> --- drivers/parport/share.c | 2 +- include/linux/parport.h | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/parport/share.c b/drivers/parport/share.c index 7fec4fefe151..62f8407923d4 100644 --- a/drivers/parport/share.c +++ b/drivers/parport/share.c @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int port_detect(struct device *dev, void *dev_drv) } /** - * parport_register_driver - register a parallel port device driver + * __parport_register_driver - register a parallel port device driver * @drv: structure describing the driver * @owner: owner module of drv * @mod_name: module name string diff --git a/include/linux/parport.h b/include/linux/parport.h index 1fb508c19e83..f981f794c850 100644 --- a/include/linux/parport.h +++ b/include/linux/parport.h @@ -297,6 +297,37 @@ int __must_check __parport_register_driver(struct parport_driver *, * parport_register_driver must be a macro so that KBUILD_MODNAME can * be expanded */ + +/** + * parport_register_driver - register a parallel port device driver + * @driver: structure describing the driver + * + * This can be called by a parallel port device driver in order + * to receive notifications about ports being found in the + * system, as well as ports no longer available. + * + * If devmodel is true then the new device model is used + * for registration. + * + * The @driver structure is allocated by the caller and must not be + * deallocated until after calling parport_unregister_driver(). + * + * If using the non device model: + * The driver's attach() function may block. The port that + * attach() is given will be valid for the duration of the + * callback, but if the driver wants to take a copy of the + * pointer it must call parport_get_port() to do so. Calling + * parport_register_device() on that port will do this for you. + * + * The driver's detach() function may block. The port that + * detach() is given will be valid for the duration of the + * callback, but if the driver wants to take a copy of the + * pointer it must call parport_get_port() to do so. + * + * + * Returns 0 on success. The non device model will always succeeds. + * but the new device model can fail and will return the error code. + **/ #define parport_register_driver(driver) \ __parport_register_driver(driver, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME) -- 2.26.2
