]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/linux.git/commitdiff
kernel-doc: add support for handling global variables
authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:26:12 +0000 (15:26 +0100)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:43:25 +0000 (14:43 -0700)
Specially on kAPI, sometimes it is desirable to be able to
describe global variables that are part of kAPI.

Documenting vars with Sphinx is simple, as we don't need
to parse a data struct. All we need is the variable
declaration and use native C domain ::c:var: to format it
for us.

Add support for it.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/491c3022-cef8-4860-a945-c9c4a3b63c09@infradead.org/T/#m947c25d95cb1d96a394410ab1131dc8e9e5013f1
Suggested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <fa7d1c61a8de9150f71b318382f1507d3b13848d.1765894964.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_output.py
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py

index b1aaa7fc360413ae012234362a7d8986aaf890f2..50aedbb3d6de3ba11e8120c7ea1e204dc75b865e 100644 (file)
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ class OutputFormat:
             self.out_enum(fname, name, args)
             return self.data
 
+        if dtype == "var":
+            self.out_var(fname, name, args)
+            return self.data
+
         if dtype == "typedef":
             self.out_typedef(fname, name, args)
             return self.data
@@ -227,6 +231,9 @@ class OutputFormat:
     def out_enum(self, fname, name, args):
         """Outputs an enum"""
 
+    def out_var(self, fname, name, args):
+        """Outputs a variable"""
+
     def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
         """Outputs a typedef"""
 
@@ -472,6 +479,25 @@ class RestFormat(OutputFormat):
         self.lineprefix = oldprefix
         self.out_section(args)
 
+    def out_var(self, fname, name, args):
+        oldprefix = self.lineprefix
+        ln = args.declaration_start_line
+        full_proto = args.other_stuff["full_proto"]
+
+        self.lineprefix = "  "
+
+        self.data += f"\n\n.. c:macro:: {name}\n\n{self.lineprefix}{full_proto}\n\n"
+
+        self.print_lineno(ln)
+        self.output_highlight(args.get('purpose', ''))
+        self.data += "\n"
+
+        if args.other_stuff["default_val"]:
+            self.data += f'{self.lineprefix}**Initialization**\n\n'
+            self.output_highlight(f'default: ``{args.other_stuff["default_val"]}``')
+
+        self.out_section(args)
+
     def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
 
         oldprefix = self.lineprefix
@@ -773,6 +799,27 @@ class ManFormat(OutputFormat):
             self.data += f'.SH "{section}"' + "\n"
             self.output_highlight(text)
 
+    def out_var(self, fname, name, args):
+        out_name = self.arg_name(args, name)
+        prototype = args.other_stuff["var_type"]
+        full_proto = args.other_stuff["full_proto"]
+
+        self.data += f'.TH "{self.modulename}" 9 "{out_name}" "{self.man_date}" "API Manual" LINUX' + "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH NAME\n"
+        self.data += f"{prototype} \\- {args['purpose']}\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH SYNOPSIS\n"
+        self.data += f"{full_proto}\n"
+
+        if args.other_stuff["default_val"]:
+            self.data += f'.SH "Initialization"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(f'default: {args.other_stuff["default_val"]}')
+
+        for section, text in args.sections.items():
+            self.data += f'.SH "{section}"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(text)
+
     def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
         module = self.modulename
         purpose = args.get('purpose')
index 500aafc500322ced715d0f6f85934387bf77bf40..06bed1a12a457bc6d17518f5f33dd694901eb3ea 100644 (file)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ type_param = KernRe(r"@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)", cache=False)
 # Tests for the beginning of a kerneldoc block in its various forms.
 #
 doc_block = doc_com + KernRe(r'DOC:\s*(.*)?', cache=False)
-doc_begin_data = KernRe(r"^\s*\*?\s*(struct|union|enum|typedef)\b\s*(\w*)", cache = False)
+doc_begin_data = KernRe(r"^\s*\*?\s*(struct|union|enum|typedef|var)\b\s*(\w*)", cache = False)
 doc_begin_func = KernRe(str(doc_com) +                 # initial " * '
                         r"(?:\w+\s*\*\s*)?" +          # type (not captured)
                         r'(?:define\s+)?' +            # possible "define" (not captured)
@@ -927,6 +927,58 @@ class KernelDoc:
         self.output_declaration('enum', declaration_name,
                                 purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
 
+    def dump_var(self, ln, proto):
+        """
+        Store variables that are part of kAPI.
+        """
+        VAR_ATTRIBS = [
+            "extern",
+        ]
+        OPTIONAL_VAR_ATTR = "^(?:" + "|".join(VAR_ATTRIBS) + ")?"
+
+        sub_prefixes = [
+            (KernRe(r"__read_mostly"), ""),
+            (KernRe(r"__ro_after_init"), ""),
+            (KernRe(r"(?://.*)$"), ""),
+            (KernRe(r"(?:/\*.*\*/)"), ""),
+            (KernRe(r";$"), ""),
+            (KernRe(r"=.*"), ""),
+        ]
+
+        #
+        # Store the full prototype before modifying it
+        #
+        full_proto = proto
+
+        #
+        # Drop comments and macros to have a pure C prototype
+        #
+        for search, sub in sub_prefixes:
+            proto = search.sub(sub, proto)
+
+        proto = proto.rstrip()
+
+        #
+        # Variable name is at the end of the declaration
+        #
+
+        r= KernRe(OPTIONAL_VAR_ATTR + r"\w.*\s+(?:\*+)?([\w_]+)\s*[\d\]\[]*\s*(=.*)?")
+        if not r.match(proto):
+           self.emit_msg(ln,f"{proto}: can't parse variable")
+           return
+
+        var_type = r.group(0)
+        declaration_name = r.group(1)
+        default_val = r.group(2)
+        if default_val:
+            default_val = default_val.lstrip("=").strip()
+
+        self.output_declaration("var", declaration_name,
+                                full_proto=full_proto,
+                                var_type=var_type,
+                                default_val=default_val,
+                                purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
+
     def dump_declaration(self, ln, prototype):
         """
         Stores a data declaration inside self.entries array.
@@ -938,6 +990,8 @@ class KernelDoc:
             self.dump_typedef(ln, prototype)
         elif self.entry.decl_type in ["union", "struct"]:
             self.dump_struct(ln, prototype)
+        elif self.entry.decl_type == "var":
+            self.dump_var(ln, prototype)
         else:
             # This would be a bug
             self.emit_message(ln, f'Unknown declaration type: {self.entry.decl_type}')