[PATCH 3/9] docs: kdoc: separate out the handling of the declaration phase
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Sat Jun 21 2025 - 16:36:01 EST
The BODY_MAYBE state really describes the "we are in a declaration" state.
Rename it accordingly, and split the handling of this state out from that
of the other BODY* states. This change introduces a fair amount of
duplicated code that will be coalesced in a later patch.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index d29a61a06f6d..f1491f8c88e7 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class state:
# Parser states
NORMAL = 0 # normal code
NAME = 1 # looking for function name
- BODY_MAYBE = 2 # body - or maybe more description
+ DECLARATION = 2 # We have seen a declaration which might not be done
BODY = 3 # the body of the comment
BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE = 4 # the body which has a blank line
PROTO = 5 # scanning prototype
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class state:
name = [
"NORMAL",
"NAME",
- "BODY_MAYBE",
+ "DECLARATION",
"BODY",
"BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE",
"PROTO",
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
r = KernRe("[-:](.*)")
if r.search(line):
self.entry.declaration_purpose = trim_whitespace(r.group(1))
- self.state = state.BODY_MAYBE
+ self.state = state.DECLARATION
else:
self.entry.declaration_purpose = ""
@@ -1310,9 +1310,82 @@ class KernelDoc:
else:
self.emit_msg(ln, f"Cannot find identifier on line:\n{line}")
+ def process_decl(self, ln, line):
+ """
+ STATE_DECLARATION: We've seen the beginning of a declaration
+ """
+ if doc_sect.search(line):
+ self.entry.in_doc_sect = True
+ newsection = doc_sect.group(1)
+
+ if newsection.lower() in ["description", "context"]:
+ newsection = newsection.title()
+
+ # Special case: @return is a section, not a param description
+ if newsection.lower() in ["@return", "@returns",
+ "return", "returns"]:
+ newsection = "Return"
+
+ # Perl kernel-doc has a check here for contents before sections.
+ # the logic there is always false, as in_doc_sect variable is
+ # always true. So, just don't implement Wcontents_before_sections
+
+ # .title()
+ newcontents = doc_sect.group(2)
+ if not newcontents:
+ newcontents = ""
+
+ if self.entry.contents.strip("\n"):
+ self.dump_section()
+
+ self.entry.begin_section(ln, newsection)
+ self.entry.leading_space = None
+
+ self.entry.contents = newcontents.lstrip()
+ if self.entry.contents:
+ self.entry.contents += "\n"
+
+ self.state = state.BODY
+ return
+
+ if doc_end.search(line):
+ self.dump_section()
+
+ # Look for doc_com + <text> + doc_end:
+ r = KernRe(r'\s*\*\s*[a-zA-Z_0-9:\.]+\*/')
+ if r.match(line):
+ self.emit_msg(ln, f"suspicious ending line: {line}")
+
+ self.entry.prototype = ""
+ self.entry.new_start_line = ln + 1
+
+ self.state = state.PROTO
+ return
+
+ if doc_content.search(line):
+ cont = doc_content.group(1)
+
+ if cont == "":
+ self.state = state.BODY
+ self.entry.contents += "\n" # needed?
+
+ else:
+ # Continued declaration purpose
+ self.entry.declaration_purpose = self.entry.declaration_purpose.rstrip()
+ self.entry.declaration_purpose += " " + cont
+
+ r = KernRe(r"\s+")
+ self.entry.declaration_purpose = r.sub(' ',
+ self.entry.declaration_purpose)
+ return
+
+ # Unknown line, ignore
+ self.emit_msg(ln, f"bad line: {line}")
+
+
def process_body(self, ln, line):
"""
- STATE_BODY and STATE_BODY_MAYBE: the bulk of a kerneldoc comment.
+ STATE_BODY: the bulk of a kerneldoc comment.
"""
if self.state == state.BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE:
@@ -1385,16 +1458,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
self.entry.contents += "\n"
- elif self.state == state.BODY_MAYBE:
-
- # Continued declaration purpose
- self.entry.declaration_purpose = self.entry.declaration_purpose.rstrip()
- self.entry.declaration_purpose += " " + cont
-
- r = KernRe(r"\s+")
- self.entry.declaration_purpose = r.sub(' ',
- self.entry.declaration_purpose)
-
else:
if self.entry.section.startswith('@') or \
self.entry.section == self.section_context:
@@ -1687,7 +1750,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
state.NORMAL: process_normal,
state.NAME: process_name,
state.BODY: process_body,
- state.BODY_MAYBE: process_body,
+ state.DECLARATION: process_decl,
state.BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE: process_body,
state.INLINE: process_inline,
state.PROTO: process_proto,
--
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