The kernel-doc script uses the $type_constant2 variable to match
expressions used to find embedded type information. The current
implementation of $type_constant2 does not include the "*" unicode
character, which is used to highlight inline literals in the
documentation. This causes a Sphinx error when the inline literal
end-string is used in the documentation.
This commit follows the pattern of the commit
8aaf297a0dd6 ("docs: scripts: kernel-doc: accept bitwise negation like ~@var")
and takes inspiration from the following commit
69fc23efc7e5 ("kernel-doc: Add unary operator * to $type_param_ref").
Thanks Akira, for your suggestions, I have made the required changes.
I am fairly new to the kernel community, so if I am making
any mistakes while making patches and replying to mails,
please let me know, it will be very helpful.
Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Tripathi <utripathi2002@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/kernel-doc | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index cb1be22afc65..58129b1cf3f4 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ my $anon_struct_union = 0;
# match expressions used to find embedded type information
my $type_constant = '\b``([^\`]+)``\b';
-my $type_constant2 = '\%([-_\w]+)';
+my $type_constant2 = '\%([-_*\w]+)';
my $type_func = '(\w+)\(\)';
my $type_param = '\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';
my $type_param_ref = '([\!~\*]?)\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';
base-commit: 4d2008430ce87061c9cefd4f83daf2d5bb323a96
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2.34.1
