[PATCH v2 5/7] docs: kdoc: some tweaks to process_proto_function()

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Jul 03 2025 - 14:45:05 EST


Add a set of comments to process_proto_function and reorganize the logic
slightly; no functional change.

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 43 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 61da297df623..d5ef3ce87438 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1553,39 +1553,44 @@ class KernelDoc:
"""Ancillary routine to process a function prototype"""

# strip C99-style comments to end of line
- r = KernRe(r"\/\/.*$", re.S)
- line = r.sub('', line)
-
+ line = KernRe(r"\/\/.*$", re.S).sub('', line)
+ #
+ # Soak up the line's worth of prototype text, stopping at { or ; if present.
+ #
if KernRe(r'\s*#\s*define').match(line):
self.entry.prototype = line
- elif line.startswith('#'):
- # Strip other macros like #ifdef/#ifndef/#endif/...
- pass
- else:
+ elif not line.startswith('#'): # skip other preprocessor stuff
r = KernRe(r'([^\{]*)')
if r.match(line):
self.entry.prototype += r.group(1) + " "
-
+ #
+ # If we now have the whole prototype, clean it up and declare victory.
+ #
if '{' in line or ';' in line or KernRe(r'\s*#\s*define').match(line):
# strip comments and surrounding spaces
- r = KernRe(r'/\*.*\*/')
- self.entry.prototype = r.sub('', self.entry.prototype).strip()
-
+ self.entry.prototype = KernRe(r'/\*.*\*/').sub('', self.entry.prototype).strip()
+ #
# Handle self.entry.prototypes for function pointers like:
# int (*pcs_config)(struct foo)
-
+ # by turning it into
+ # int pcs_config(struct foo)
+ #
r = KernRe(r'^(\S+\s+)\(\s*\*(\S+)\)')
self.entry.prototype = r.sub(r'\1\2', self.entry.prototype)
-
+ #
+ # Handle special declaration syntaxes
+ #
if 'SYSCALL_DEFINE' in self.entry.prototype:
self.entry.prototype = self.syscall_munge(ln,
self.entry.prototype)
-
- r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT|DEFINE_EVENT|DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT')
- if r.search(self.entry.prototype):
- self.entry.prototype = self.tracepoint_munge(ln,
- self.entry.prototype)
-
+ else:
+ r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT|DEFINE_EVENT|DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT')
+ if r.search(self.entry.prototype):
+ self.entry.prototype = self.tracepoint_munge(ln,
+ self.entry.prototype)
+ #
+ # ... and we're done
+ #
self.dump_function(ln, self.entry.prototype)
self.reset_state(ln)

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