The same script kernel-doc is used by the U-Boot project. kernel-doc fails to parse function definitions like the one below efi_status_t efi_create_event(uint32_t type, efi_uintn_t notify_tpl, void (EFIAPI *notify_function) ( struct efi_event *event, void *context), void *notify_context, efi_guid_t *group, struct efi_event **event) { due to the "EFIAPI" attribute preceding the function name. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> --- scripts/kernel-doc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index 31a34ced55a3..597e3223b791 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ sub create_parameterlist($$$$) { } elsif ($arg =~ m/\(.+\)\s*\(/) { # pointer-to-function $arg =~ tr/#/,/; - $arg =~ m/[^\(]+\(\*?\s*([\w\.]*)\s*\)/; + $arg =~ m/[^\(]+\([\w\s]*\*?\s*([\w\.]*)\s*\)/; $param = $1; $type = $arg; $type =~ s/([^\(]+\(\*?)\s*$param/$1/; -- 2.18.0