While missing descriptions were already be reported, missing struct members were not. For example, previously this output was empty, but now produces: $ ./scripts/kernel-doc -none ./drivers/leds/leds-mlxreg.c ./drivers/leds/leds-mlxreg.c:42: warning: Excess struct member 'led_data' description in 'mlxreg_led_data' Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kernel-doc | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index 08a3e603db19..39e730ee1fef 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -1265,6 +1265,18 @@ sub dump_struct($$) { $declaration .= "\t" . $clause . "\n"; $level++ if ($clause =~ m/(\{)/ && !($clause =~m/\}/)); } + + my %_members; + $_members{$_}++ for (@parameterlist); + + while (my ($k, $v) = each %parameterdescs) { + if (!exists($_members{$k})) { + if (show_warnings("struct", $declaration_name)) { + emit_warning("${file}:$.", "Excess struct member '$k' description in '$declaration_name'\n"); + } + } + } + output_declaration($declaration_name, 'struct', {'struct' => $declaration_name, -- 2.34.1