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diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 46e7aff80d1..28b76156781 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ use strict;
# should document the "Context:" of the function, e.g. whether the functions
# can be called form interrupts. Unlike other sections you can end it with an
# empty line.
+# A non-void function should have a "Return:" section describing the return
+# value(s).
# Example-sections should contain the string EXAMPLE so that they are marked
# appropriately in DocBook.
#
@@ -315,6 +317,7 @@ my $section_default = "Description"; # default section
my $section_intro = "Introduction";
my $section = $section_default;
my $section_context = "Context";
+my $section_return = "Return";
my $undescribed = "-- undescribed --";
@@ -2039,6 +2042,28 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
}
##
+# Checks the section describing the return value of a function.
+sub check_return_section {
+ my $file = shift;
+ my $declaration_name = shift;
+ my $return_type = shift;
+
+ # Ignore an empty return type (It's a macro)
+ # Ignore functions with a "void" return type. (But don't ignore "void *")
+ if (($return_type eq "") || ($return_type =~ /void\s*\w*\s*$/)) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!defined($sections{$section_return}) ||
+ $sections{$section_return} eq "") {
+ print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): " .
+ "No description found for return value of " .
+ "'$declaration_name'\n";
+ ++$warnings;
+ }
+}
+
+##
# takes a function prototype and the name of the current file being
# processed and spits out all the details stored in the global
# arrays/hashes.
@@ -2109,6 +2134,15 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
my $prms = join " ", @parameterlist;
check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms, "");
+ # This check emits a lot of warnings at the moment, because many
+ # functions don't have a 'Return' doc section. So until the number
+ # of warnings goes sufficiently down, the check is only performed in
+ # verbose mode.
+ # TODO: always perform the check.
+ if ($verbose) {
+ check_return_section($file, $declaration_name, $return_type);
+ }
+
output_declaration($declaration_name,
'function',
{'function' => $declaration_name,