[PATCH 2/7] docs: kdoc: micro-optimize KernRe

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 16:58:18 EST


Switch KernRe::add_regex() to a try..except block to avoid looking up each
regex twice.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
index e81695b273bf..a467cd2f160b 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
@@ -29,12 +29,10 @@ class KernRe:
"""
Adds a new regex or re-use it from the cache.
"""
-
- if string in re_cache:
+ try:
self.regex = re_cache[string]
- else:
+ except KeyError:
self.regex = re.compile(string, flags=flags)
-
if self.cache:
re_cache[string] = self.regex

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2.49.0