Re: [PATCH 5/9] docs: kdoc: remove the KernelEntry::is_kernel_comment member

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:07:59 EST


Em Fri, 6 Jun 2025 10:34:34 -0600
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu:

> entry::is_kernel_comment never had anything to do with the entry itself; it
> is a bit of local state in one branch of process_name(). It can, in fact,
> be removed entirely; rework the code slightly so that it is no longer
> needed.
>
> No change in the rendered output.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>

Not sure about this one. The idea of those warnings are to detect
non-kerneldoc markups that typically comes when someone "imports"
OOT drivers or Windows one into Linux.

I remember I catched several such cases in the past with the help
of those warnings.

> ---
> scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 16 ++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> index 3ea260b423e2..56299695abd1 100644
> --- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -1216,7 +1216,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
>
> if doc_decl.search(line):
> self.entry.identifier = doc_decl.group(1)
> - self.entry.is_kernel_comment = False
>
> decl_start = str(doc_com) # comment block asterisk
> fn_type = r"(?:\w+\s*\*\s*)?" # type (for non-functions)
> @@ -1234,14 +1233,20 @@ class KernelDoc:
> if r.search(line):
> self.entry.decl_type = r.group(1)
> self.entry.identifier = r.group(2)
> - self.entry.is_kernel_comment = True
> #
> # Look for a function description
> #
> elif r2.search(line):
> self.entry.identifier = r2.group(1)
> self.entry.decl_type = "function"
> - self.entry.is_kernel_comment = True
> + #
> + # We struck out.
> + #
> + else:
> + self.emit_msg(ln,
> + f"This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst\n{line}")
> + self.state = state.NORMAL
> + return
>
> self.entry.identifier = self.entry.identifier.strip(" ")
>
> @@ -1263,11 +1268,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
> else:
> self.entry.declaration_purpose = ""
>
> - if not self.entry.is_kernel_comment:
> - self.emit_msg(ln,
> - f"This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst\n{line}")
> - self.state = state.NORMAL
> -
> if not self.entry.declaration_purpose and self.config.wshort_desc:
> self.emit_msg(ln,
> f"missing initial short description on line:\n{line}")



Thanks,
Mauro