On 15/4/21 12:55 am, Aditya Srivastava wrote: > Currently kernel-doc does not identify some cases of probable kernel > doc comments, for e.g. pointer used as declaration type for identifier, > space separated identifier, etc. > > Some example of these cases in files can be: > i)" * journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_dev() - creates and initialises a journal structure" > in fs/jbd2/journal.c > > ii) "* dget, dget_dlock - get a reference to a dentry" in > include/linux/dcache.h > > iii) " * DEFINE_SEQLOCK(sl) - Define a statically allocated seqlock_t" > in include/linux/seqlock.h > > Also improve identification for non-kerneldoc comments. For e.g., > > i) " * The following functions allow us to read data using a swap map" > in kernel/power/swap.c does follow the kernel-doc like syntax, but the > content inside does not adheres to the expected format. > > Improve parsing by adding support for these probable attempts to write > kernel-doc comment. > > Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87mtujktl2.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > scripts/kernel-doc | 16 ++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc > index 888913528185..37665aa41e6b 100755 > --- a/scripts/kernel-doc > +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc > @@ -2110,17 +2110,25 @@ sub process_name($$) { > } elsif (/$doc_decl/o) { > $identifier = $1; > my $is_kernel_comment = 0; > - if (/^\s*\*\s*([\w\s]+?)(\(\))?\s*([-:].*)?$/) { > + my $decl_start = qr{\s*\*}; > + my $fn_type = qr{\w+\s*\*\s*}; # i.e. pointer declaration type, foo * bar() - desc > + my $parenthesis = qr{\(\w*\)}; > + my $decl_end = qr{[-:].*}; > + if (/^$decl_start\s*([\w\s]+?)$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end?$/) { > $identifier = $1; > - $decl_type = 'function'; > - $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//; > - $is_kernel_comment = 1; > } > if ($identifier =~ m/^(struct|union|enum|typedef)\b\s*(\S*)/) { > $decl_type = $1; > $identifier = $2; > $is_kernel_comment = 1; > } > + elsif (/^$decl_start\s*$fn_type?(\w+)\s*$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end?$/ || # i.e. foo() > + /^$decl_start\s*$fn_type?(\w+.*)$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end$/) { # i.e. static void foo() - description; or misspelt identifier > + $identifier = $1; > + $decl_type = 'function'; > + $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//; > + $is_kernel_comment = 1; > + } > $identifier =~ s/\s+$//; > > $state = STATE_BODY; > Hi I have generated a diff file for changes in kernel-doc warnings for all the files in the kernel-tree, before and after this patch. It can be found at: https://github.com/AdityaSrivast/kernel-tasks/blob/master/random/kernel-doc/kernel_doc_comment_syntax_improvement_diff.txt Thanks Aditya
