[PATCH 4/9] docs: kdoc: split out the special-section state
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Sat Jun 21 2025 - 16:36:12 EST
The state known as BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE really, in a convoluted way,
indicates a "special section" that is terminated by a blank line or the
beginning of a new section. That is either "@param: desc" sections, or the
weird "context" section that plays by the same rules.
Rename the state to SPECIAL_SECTION and split its processing into a
separate function; no real changes to the logic yet.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index f1491f8c88e7..185ffe4e1469 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class state:
NAME = 1 # looking for function name
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
+ SPECIAL_SECTION = 4 # doc section ending with a blank line
PROTO = 5 # scanning prototype
DOCBLOCK = 6 # documentation block
INLINE = 7 # gathering doc outside main block
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class state:
"NAME",
"DECLARATION",
"BODY",
- "BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE",
+ "SPECIAL_SECTION",
"PROTO",
"DOCBLOCK",
"INLINE",
@@ -1383,18 +1383,18 @@ class KernelDoc:
self.emit_msg(ln, f"bad line: {line}")
+ def process_special(self, ln, line):
+ """
+ STATE_SPECIAL_SECTION: a section ending with a blank line
+ """
+ if KernRe(r"\s*\*\s*\S").match(line):
+ self.entry.begin_section(ln, dump = True)
+ self.process_body(ln, line)
+
def process_body(self, ln, line):
"""
STATE_BODY: the bulk of a kerneldoc comment.
"""
-
- if self.state == state.BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE:
- r = KernRe(r"\s*\*\s*\S")
- if r.match(line):
- self.dump_section()
- self.entry.begin_section(ln)
- self.entry.contents = ""
-
if doc_sect.search(line):
self.entry.in_doc_sect = True
newsection = doc_sect.group(1)
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
self.state = state.BODY
else:
if self.entry.section != SECTION_DEFAULT:
- self.state = state.BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE
+ self.state = state.SPECIAL_SECTION
else:
self.state = state.BODY
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
state.NAME: process_name,
state.BODY: process_body,
state.DECLARATION: process_decl,
- state.BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE: process_body,
+ state.SPECIAL_SECTION: process_special,
state.INLINE: process_inline,
state.PROTO: process_proto,
state.DOCBLOCK: process_docblock,
--
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