On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 21:17:17 +0800 Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The 'functions' directive is not only for functions, but also works for > structs/unions. So the name is misleading. This patch renames it to > 'identifiers', which specific the functions/types to be included in > documentation. We keep the old name as an alias of the new one before > all documentation are updated. > > Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> So I think this is basically OK, but I have one more request... [...] > diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py > index 1159405cb920..0689f9c37f1e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py > +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py > @@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive): > optional_arguments = 4 > option_spec = { > 'doc': directives.unchanged_required, > - 'functions': directives.unchanged, > 'export': directives.unchanged, > 'internal': directives.unchanged, > + 'identifiers': directives.unchanged, > + 'functions': directives.unchanged, # alias of 'identifiers' > } > has_content = False > > @@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive): > > filename = env.config.kerneldoc_srctree + '/' + self.arguments[0] > export_file_patterns = [] > + identifiers = None > > # Tell sphinx of the dependency > env.note_dependency(os.path.abspath(filename)) > @@ -86,19 +88,22 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive): > export_file_patterns = str(self.options.get('internal')).split() > elif 'doc' in self.options: > cmd += ['-function', str(self.options.get('doc'))] > + elif 'identifiers' in self.options: > + identifiers = self.options.get('identifiers').split() > elif 'functions' in self.options: > - functions = self.options.get('functions').split() > - if functions: > - for f in functions: > - cmd += ['-function', f] > - else: > - cmd += ['-no-doc-sections'] > + identifiers = self.options.get('functions').split() Rather than do this, can you just change the elif line to read: elif ('identifiers' in self.options) or ('functions' in self.options): ...then leave the rest of the code intact? It keeps the logic together, and avoids the confusing distinction between identifiers=='' and identifiers==None . Thanks, jon > for pattern in export_file_patterns: > for f in glob.glob(env.config.kerneldoc_srctree + '/' + pattern): > env.note_dependency(os.path.abspath(f)) > cmd += ['-export-file', f] > > + if identifiers: > + for i in identifiers: > + cmd += ['-function', i] > + elif identifiers is not None: > + cmd += ['-no-doc-sections'] > + > cmd += [filename] > > try: