Handle whitespace on the first line of param text as if it was the empty string. There is no need to add the newline in this case. This improves the rst output in particular, where blank lines may be problematic in parameter lists. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kernel-doc | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index 4f559de8b173..e93e796b17ce 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -2814,11 +2814,11 @@ sub process_file($) { $in_doc_sect = 1; $in_purpose = 0; $contents = $newcontents; + while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") || + substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") { + $contents = substr($contents, 1); + } if ($contents ne "") { - while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") || - substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") { - $contents = substr($contents, 1); - } $contents .= "\n"; } $section = $newsection; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html