Update ebpf comment format

backends/ebpf/codeGen.cpp

@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ bool CodeGenInspector::preorder(const IR::BlockStatement *s) {
     return false;
 }
 
-// This is correct only after inlining
+/// This is correct only after inlining.
 bool CodeGenInspector::preorder(const IR::ExitStatement *) {
     builder->append("return");
     builder->endOfStatement();
@@ -590,25 +590,24 @@ void CodeGenInspector::emitTCAssignmentEndianessConversion(const IR::Expression
         return;
     }
     if (rByteOrder == "NETWORK") {
-        /*
-        If left side of assignment is not annotated field i.e host endian and right expression
-        is annotated field i.e network endian, we need to convert rexp to host order.
-        Example -
-            select_0 = hdr.ipv4.diffserv
-            select_0 = bntoh(hdr.ipv4.diffserv)
-        */
+        // If left side of assignment is not annotated field i.e host endian and right expression
+        // is annotated field i.e network endian, we need to convert rexp to host order.
+        // Example -
+        //     select_0 = hdr.ipv4.diffserv
+        //     select_0 = bntoh(hdr.ipv4.diffserv)
+        //
         emitAndConvertByteOrder(rexpr, "HOST");
     }
     if (lByteOrder == "NETWORK") {
-        /*
-        If left side of assignment is annotated field i.e network endian, we need to convert
-        right expression to network order.
-        Example -
-            hdr.opv4.diffserv = 0x1;
-            hdr.opv4.diffserv = bhton(0x1)
-        */
+        // If left side of assignment is annotated field i.e network endian, we need to convert
+        // right expression to network order.
+        // Example -
+        //     hdr.opv4.diffserv = 0x1;
+        //     hdr.opv4.diffserv = bhton(0x1)
+        //
         emitAndConvertByteOrder(rexpr, "NETWORK");
     }
+
     return;
 }
 

backends/ebpf/codeGen.h

@@ -36,20 +36,20 @@ class CodeBuilder : public Util::SourceCodeBuilder {
     explicit CodeBuilder(const Target *target) : target(target) {}
 };
 
-// Visitor for generating C for EBPF
-// This visitor is invoked on various subtrees
+/// Visitor for generating C for EBPF.
+/// This visitor is invoked on various subtrees.
 class CodeGenInspector : public Inspector {
  protected:
     CodeBuilder *builder;
     P4::ReferenceMap *refMap;
     P4::TypeMap *typeMap;
     std::map<const IR::Parameter *, const IR::Parameter *> substitution;
-    // asPointerVariables stores the list of string expressions that
-    // should be emitted as pointer variables.
+    /// asPointerVariables stores the list of string expressions that
+    /// should be emitted as pointer variables.
     std::set<cstring> asPointerVariables;
 
-    // Since CodeGenInspector also generates C comments,
-    // this variable keeps track of the current comment depth.
+    /// Since CodeGenInspector also generates C comments,
+    /// this variable keeps track of the current comment depth.
     int commentDescriptionDepth = 0;
 
  public:
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ class CodeGenInspector : public Inspector {
 
 class EBPFInitializerUtils {
  public:
-    // return *real* number of bits required by type
+    /// return *real* number of bits required by type
     static unsigned ebpfTypeWidth(P4::TypeMap *typeMap, const IR::Expression *expr);
 
-    // Generate hex string and prepend it with zeroes when shorter than required width
+    /// Generate hex string and prepend it with zeroes when shorter than required width.
     static cstring genHexStr(const big_int &value, unsigned width, const IR::Expression *expr);
 };
 

backends/ebpf/ebpfControl.h

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ControlBodyTranslator : public virtual CodeGenInspector {
  public:
     explicit ControlBodyTranslator(const EBPFControl *control);
 
-    // handle the packet_out.emit method
+    /// Handle the packet_out.emit method.
     virtual void compileEmitField(const IR::Expression *expr, cstring field, unsigned alignment,
                                   EBPFType *type);
     virtual void compileEmit(const IR::Vector<IR::Argument> *args);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class EBPFControl : public EBPFObject {
     const IR::Parameter *xdpInputMeta;   // only for xdp progs
     const IR::Parameter *xdpOutputMeta;  // only for xdp progs
     const IR::Parameter *parserHeaders;
-    // replace references to headers with references to parserHeaders
+    /// Replace references to headers with references to parserHeaders
     cstring hitVariable;
     ControlBodyTranslator *codeGen;
     const bool emitExterns;

backends/ebpf/ebpfDeparser.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace EBPF {
 
 class EBPFDeparser;
 
-// this translator emits deparser externs
+/// This translator emits deparser externs.
 class DeparserBodyTranslator : public ControlBodyTranslator {
  protected:
     const EBPFDeparser *deparser;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DeparserBodyTranslator : public ControlBodyTranslator {
     bool preorder(const IR::MethodCallExpression *expression) override;
 };
 
-// this translator emits buffer preparation (eg. which headers will be emitted)
+/// This translator emits buffer preparation (eg. which headers will be emitted)
 class DeparserPrepareBufferTranslator : public ControlBodyTranslator {
  protected:
     const EBPFDeparser *deparser;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class DeparserPrepareBufferTranslator : public ControlBodyTranslator {
     bool preorder(const IR::MethodCallExpression *expression) override;
 };
 
-// this translator emits headers
+/// This translator emits headers
 class DeparserHdrEmitTranslator : public DeparserPrepareBufferTranslator {
  protected:
     const EBPFDeparser *deparser;
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ class EBPFDeparser : public EBPFControl {
 
     bool build() override;
     void emit(CodeBuilder *builder) override;
-    // A "PreDeparser" is emitted just before a sequence of hdr.emit() functions.
-    // It is useful in the case of resubmit or clone operation, as these operations
-    // require to have an original packet.
+    /// A "PreDeparser" is emitted just before a sequence of hdr.emit() functions.
+    /// It is useful in the case of resubmit or clone operation, as these operations
+    /// require to have an original packet.
     virtual void emitPreDeparser(CodeBuilder *builder) { (void)builder; }
 
     virtual void emitDeparserExternCalls(CodeBuilder *builder) { (void)builder; }

backends/ebpf/ebpfModel.h

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct Filter_Model : public ::Model::Elem {
     ::Model::Elem filter;
 };
 
-// Keep this in sync with ebpf_model.p4 and xdp_model.p4
+/// Keep this in sync with ebpf_model.p4 and xdp_model.p4
 class EBPFModel : public ::Model::Model {
  protected:
     EBPFModel()
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class EBPFModel : public ::Model::Model {
     ::Model::Elem CPacketName;
     ::Model::Param_Model packet;
     ModelArchitecture arch;
-    // Only one of these should be used, depending on arch value.
+    /// Only one of these should be used, depending on arch value.
     Filter_Model filter;
     Xdp_Model xdp;
 

backends/ebpf/ebpfObject.h

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 namespace EBPF {
 
-// Base class for EBPF objects
+/// Base class for EBPF objects.
 class EBPFObject : public ICastable {
  public:
     virtual ~EBPFObject() {}

backends/ebpf/ebpfOptions.h

@@ -25,21 +25,21 @@ enum XDP2TC { XDP2TC_NONE, XDP2TC_META, XDP2TC_HEAD, XDP2TC_CPUMAP };
 
 class EbpfOptions : public CompilerOptions {
  public:
-    // file to output to
+    /// file to output to
     cstring outputFile = nullptr;
-    // read from json
+    /// read from json
     bool loadIRFromJson = false;
-    // Externs generation
+    /// Externs generation
     bool emitExterns = false;
-    // tracing eBPF code execution
+    /// tracing eBPF code execution
     bool emitTraceMessages = false;
-    // generate program to XDP layer
+    /// generate program to XDP layer
     bool generateToXDP = false;
-    // XDP2TC mode for PSA-eBPF
+    //// XDP2TC mode for PSA-eBPF
     enum XDP2TC xdp2tcMode = XDP2TC_NONE;
-    // maximum number of unique ternary masks
+    /// maximum number of unique ternary masks
     unsigned int maxTernaryMasks = 128;
-    // Enable table cache for LPM and ternary tables
+    /// Enable table cache for LPM and ternary tables
     bool enableTableCache = false;
 
     EbpfOptions();

backends/ebpf/ebpfParser.h

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class EBPFParserState;
 
 class StateTranslationVisitor : public CodeGenInspector {
  protected:
-    // stores the result of evaluating the select argument
+    /// Stores the result of evaluating the select argument.
     cstring selectValue;
 
     P4::P4CoreLibrary &p4lib;

backends/ebpf/ebpfProgram.h

@@ -50,17 +50,17 @@ class EBPFProgram : public EBPFObject {
     EBPFParser *parser;
     EBPFControl *control;
     EBPFModel &model;
-    // Deparser may be NULL if not supported (e.g. ebpfFilter package)
+    /// Deparser may be NULL if not supported (e.g. ebpfFilter package).
     EBPFDeparser *deparser;
 
     cstring endLabel, offsetVar, lengthVar, headerStartVar;
     cstring zeroKey, functionName, errorVar;
     cstring packetStartVar, packetEndVar, byteVar;
     cstring errorEnum;
-    cstring license = "GPL";  // TODO: this should be a compiler option probably
+    cstring license = "GPL";  /// TODO: this should be a compiler option probably
     cstring arrayIndexType = "u32";
 
-    virtual bool build();  // return 'true' on success
+    virtual bool build();  /// return 'true' on success
 
     EBPFProgram(const EbpfOptions &options, const IR::P4Program *program, P4::ReferenceMap *refMap,
                 P4::TypeMap *typeMap, const IR::ToplevelBlock *toplevel)

backends/ebpf/ebpfTable.cpp

@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ void EBPFTable::initKey() {
     }
 }
 
-// Performs the following validations:
-// - Validates if LPM key is the last one from match keys in an LPM table (ignores selector fields).
-// - Validates if match fields in ternary tables are sorted by size
-//   in descending order (ignores selector fields).
+/// Performs the following validations:
+/// - Validates if LPM key is the last one from match keys in an LPM table (ignores selector
+/// fields).
+/// - Validates if match fields in ternary tables are sorted by size
+///   in descending order (ignores selector fields).
 void EBPFTable::validateKeys() const {
     if (keyGenerator == nullptr) return;
 
@@ -862,8 +863,8 @@ cstring EBPFTable::p4ActionToActionIDName(const IR::P4Action *action) const {
     return Util::printf_format("%s_ACT_%s", tableInstance.toUpper(), actionName.toUpper());
 }
 
-// As ternary has precedence over lpm, this function checks if any
-// field is key field is lpm and none of key fields is of type ternary.
+/// As ternary has precedence over lpm, this function checks if any
+/// field is key field is lpm and none of key fields is of type ternary.
 bool EBPFTable::isLPMTable() const {
     bool isLPM = false;
     if (keyGenerator != nullptr) {

backends/ebpf/ebpfTable.h

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ActionTranslationVisitor : public virtual CodeGenInspector {
     bool isActionParameter(const IR::PathExpression *expression) const;
 };  // ActionTranslationVisitor
 
-// Also used to represent counters
+/// Also used to represent counters
 class EBPFTableBase : public EBPFObject {
  public:
     const EBPFProgram *program;
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ class EBPFTable : public EBPFTableBase {
     cstring defaultActionMapName;
     std::map<const IR::KeyElement *, cstring> keyFieldNames;
     std::map<const IR::KeyElement *, EBPFType *> keyTypes;
-    // Use 1024 by default.
-    // TODO: make it configurable using compiler options.
+    /// Use 1024 by default.
+    /// TODO: make it configurable using compiler options.
     size_t size = 1024;
     const cstring prefixFieldName = "prefixlen";
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class EBPFTable : public EBPFTableBase {
     virtual void emitValueType(CodeBuilder *builder);
     virtual void emitValueActionIDNames(CodeBuilder *builder);
     virtual void emitValueStructStructure(CodeBuilder *builder);
-    // Emits value types used by direct externs.
+    /// Emits value types used by direct externs.
     virtual void emitDirectValueTypes(CodeBuilder *builder) { (void)builder; }
     virtual void emitAction(CodeBuilder *builder, cstring valueName, cstring actionRunVariable);
     virtual void emitInitializer(CodeBuilder *builder);
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ class EBPFTable : public EBPFTableBase {
                matchType->name.name == P4::P4CoreLibrary::instance().ternaryMatch.name ||
                matchType->name.name == P4::P4CoreLibrary::instance().lpmMatch.name;
     }
-    // Whether to drop packet if no match entry found.
-    // Some table implementations may want to continue processing.
+    /// Whether to drop packet if no match entry found.
+    /// Some table implementations may want to continue processing.
     virtual bool dropOnNoMatchingEntryFound() const { return true; }
 
     virtual bool cacheEnabled() { return false; }

backends/ebpf/ebpfType.h

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 namespace EBPF {
 
-// Base class for EBPF types
+/// Base class for EBPF types
 class EBPFType : public EBPFObject {
  protected:
     explicit EBPFType(const IR::Type *type) : type(type) {}
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ class EBPFType : public EBPFObject {
 class IHasWidth : public ICastable {
  public:
     virtual ~IHasWidth() {}
-    // P4 width
+    /// P4 width
     virtual unsigned widthInBits() const = 0;
-    // Width in the target implementation.
-    // Currently a multiple of 8.
+    /// Width in the target implementation.
+    /// Currently a multiple of 8.
     virtual unsigned implementationWidthInBits() const = 0;
 
     DECLARE_TYPEINFO(IHasWidth);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class EBPFScalarType : public EBPFType, public IHasWidth {
     DECLARE_TYPEINFO(EBPFScalarType, EBPFType, IHasWidth);
 };
 
-// This should not always implement IHasWidth, but it may...
+/// This should not always implement IHasWidth, but it may...
 class EBPFTypeName : public EBPFType, public IHasWidth {
     const IR::Type_Name *type;
     EBPFType *canonical;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class EBPFTypeName : public EBPFType, public IHasWidth {
     DECLARE_TYPEINFO(EBPFTypeName, EBPFType, IHasWidth);
 };
 
-// Also represents headers and unions
+/// Also represents headers and unions
 class EBPFStructType : public EBPFType, public IHasWidth {
     class EBPFField {
      public:

backends/ebpf/lower.h

@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 namespace EBPF {
 
-/**
-  This pass rewrites expressions which are not supported natively on EBPF.
-*/
+/// This pass rewrites expressions which are not supported natively on EBPF.
 class LowerExpressions : public Transform {
     P4::TypeMap *typeMap;
-    // Cannot shift with a value larger than 5 bits
+    /// Cannot shift with a value larger than 5 bits.
     const int maxShiftWidth = 5;
     const IR::Expression *shift(const IR::Operation_Binary *expression) const;
 

backends/ebpf/midend.h

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class MidEnd {
     P4::TypeMap typeMap;
 
     void addDebugHook(DebugHook hook) { hooks.push_back(hook); }
-    // If p4c is run with option '--listMidendPasses', outStream is used for printing passes names
+    /// If p4c is run with option '--listMidendPasses', outStream is used for printing passes names.
     const IR::ToplevelBlock *run(EbpfOptions &options, const IR::P4Program *program,
                                  std::ostream *outStream = nullptr);
 };

backends/ebpf/psa/backend.h

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class PSASwitchBackend {
     void convert(const IR::ToplevelBlock *tlb);
     void codegen(std::ostream &cstream) const {
         CodeBuilder c(target);
-        // instead of generating two files, put all the code in a single file
+        // Instead of generating two files, put all the code in a single file.
         ebpf_program->emit(&c);
         cstream << c.toString();
     }