Re: [PATCH 2/4] VFS: swap do_ioctl and vfs_ioctl names

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In message <[email protected]>, Christoph Hellwig writes:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 08:22:40AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > They are just treated as part of the parameter explanation text.
> > I don't see any problem with them.
> 
> Well, it's completely inconsistant with any other kerneldoc..

If it doesn't hurt, and kerneldoc will present it as such, then I'd leave
the [in/out] in place.  Ioctls are the few places where you can have
variables used as both input and output; so _somehow_ we need to capture
that behavior.

Erez.
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