The pattern @foo->bar() is valid, as it can be used by a function pointer inside a struct passed as a parameter. Right now, it causes a warning: ./drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c:606: WARNING: Inline strong start-string without end-string. In this specific case, the kernel-doc markup is: /** * fw_core_remove_address_handler() - unregister an address handler * @handler: callback * * To be called in process context. * * When fw_core_remove_address_handler() returns, @handler->callback() is * guaranteed to not run on any CPU anymore. */ With seems valid on my eyes. So, instead of trying to hack the kernel-doc markup, let's teach it about how to handle such things. This should likely remove lots of other similar warnings as well. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kernel-doc | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index f2d73f04e71d..d15c8ea95d93 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ my $type_constant2 = '\%([-_\w]+)'; my $type_func = '(\w+)\(\)'; my $type_param = '\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)'; my $type_fp_param = '\@(\w+)\(\)'; # Special RST handling for func ptr params +my $type_fp_param2 = '\@(\w+->\S+)\(\)'; # Special RST handling for structs with func ptr params my $type_env = '(\$\w+)'; my $type_enum = '\&(enum\s*([_\w]+))'; my $type_struct = '\&(struct\s*([_\w]+))'; @@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ my @highlights_rst = ( [$type_member_func, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1\$2\$3\\\\(\\\\) <\$1>`"], [$type_member, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1\$2\$3 <\$1>`"], [$type_fp_param, "**\$1\\\\(\\\\)**"], + [$type_fp_param2, "**\$1\\\\(\\\\)**"], [$type_func, "\$1()"], [$type_enum, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1 <\$2>`"], [$type_struct, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1 <\$2>`"], -- 2.24.1