[adding Vegard's email address ;] On 12/19/24 9:02 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Hi John, > > Thanks for the report. (I have confirmed it.) > > > On 12/19/24 10:37 AM, John Ousterhout wrote: >> kernel-doc gets confused by code like the following: >> >> /** >> * define HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT - The 16-bit port space is divided into >> * two nonoverlapping regions. Ports 1-32767 are reserved exclusively >> * for well-defined server ports. The remaining ports are used for client >> * ports; these are allocated automatically by Homa. Port 0 is reserved. >> */ >> #define HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT 0x8000 >> >> It seems to use the last "-" on the line (the one in "16-bit") rather >> than the first one, so it produces the following false error message: >> >> homa.h:50: warning: expecting prototype for HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT - >> The 16(). Prototype was for HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT() instead >> >> There are similar problems if there is a ":" later on the line. > > > @Vegard, can you look at this, please? > I have already looked but didn't arrive at a solution. > > > It appears to be these lines in process_name() that are confusing the function name > and following description: > > # Look for foo() or static void foo() - description; or misspelt > # identifier > elsif (/^$decl_start$fn_type?(\w+)\s*$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end?$/ || > /^$decl_start$fn_type?(\w+.*)$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end$/) { > $identifier = $1; > > Thanks. -- ~Randy