Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] kernel-doc: better parsing of named variable arguments

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On Sun, 16 Oct 2016, Silvio Fricke <silvio.fricke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Without this patch we get warnings for named variable arguments.
>
>     warning: No description found for parameter '...'
>     warning: Excess function parameter 'args' description in 'alloc_ordered_workqueue'
>
> Signed-off-by: Silvio Fricke <silvio.fricke@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/kernel-doc |  9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
> index 93721f3..cd5d830 100755
> --- a/scripts/kernel-doc
> +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
> @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ my $anon_struct_union = 0;
>  # match expressions used to find embedded type information
>  my $type_constant = '\%([-_\w]+)';
>  my $type_func = '(\w+)\(\)';
> -my $type_param = '\@(\w+)';
> +my $type_param = '\@(\w+\.{0,3})';

You need to be careful with this one, as it also impacts highlights in
text. That should be 0 or 3 dots, not 0, 1, 2 or 3 dots, at the
end. Otherwise a sentence ending in a "see @foo." would end up
highlighting the single dot too.

>  my $type_fp_param = '\@(\w+)\(\)';  # Special RST handling for func ptr params
>  my $type_struct = '\&((struct\s*)*[_\w]+)';
>  my $type_struct_xml = '\\&amp;((struct\s*)*[_\w]+)';
> @@ -2353,7 +2353,12 @@ sub push_parameter($$$) {
>  
>  	if ($type eq "" && $param =~ /\.\.\.$/)
>  	{
> -	    $param = "...";
> +	    if ($param =~ /\w\.\.\.$/) {
> +	      # handles ARGNAME... parameter
> +	      $param = $param;

What's the point? Why not just check if param does not match?

BR,
Jani.


> +	    } else {
> +	      $param = "...";
> +	    }
>  	    if (!defined $parameterdescs{$param} || $parameterdescs{$param} eq "") {
>  		$parameterdescs{$param} = "variable arguments";
>  	    }

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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