Re: [PATCH 1/7] docs: kdoc: remove dead code

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Tue Aug 12 2025 - 18:43:34 EST


On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:57:42 -0600
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> create_parameter_list() tests an argument against the same regex twice, in
> two different locations; remove the pointless extra tests and the
> never-executed error cases that go with them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 22 ++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> index 9e65948f8254..96e3fe4ec431 100644
> --- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -564,28 +564,18 @@ class KernelDoc:
> args.insert(0, first_arg.pop())
> dtype = ' '.join(first_arg)
>
> + bitfield_re = KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)')
> for param in args:
> - if KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)').match(param):
> - r = KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)')
> - if not r.match(param):
> - self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {param}")
> - continue
> -
> - param = r.group(1)
> -
> + r = KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)')
> + if r.match(param):
> self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, r.group(2),
> f"{dtype} {r.group(1)}",
> arg, declaration_name)
>
> - elif KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)').search(param):
> - r = KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)')
> - if not r.match(param):
> - self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {param}")
> - continue
> -
> + elif bitfield_re.search(param):
> if dtype != "": # Skip unnamed bit-fields
> - self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, r.group(1),
> - f"{dtype}:{r.group(2)}",
> + self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, bitfield_re.group(1),
> + f"{dtype}:{bitfield_re.group(2)}",
> arg, declaration_name)
> else:
> self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, param, dtype,



Thanks,
Mauro