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docs: kernel-doc.rst: Parse DEFINE_ macros without prefixes
authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:26:17 +0000 (15:26 +0100)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:43:25 +0000 (14:43 -0700)
Currently, the logic for vars require a
type DEFINE_foo();

where type is usually "static".

Make the logic more generic.

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/e1dad7e4-a0ca-4be6-a33c-97b75175c12f@infradead.org/
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <be16e087cbc065fbd041fb6d6f8fa5cf0426cca5.1765894964.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py

index aaa3528557174448c035482faa16de493ce1b3d3..e137bd9a7dacf278a7b25aeb17f3ac387d2dac2d 100644 (file)
@@ -977,17 +977,23 @@ class KernelDoc:
         # Variable name is at the end of the declaration
         #
 
+        default_val = None
+
         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
+        if r.match(proto):
+            if not declaration_name:
+                declaration_name = r.group(1)
 
-        var_type = r.group(0)
+            default_val = r.group(2)
+        else:
+            r= KernRe(OPTIONAL_VAR_ATTR + r"(?:\w.*)?\s+(?:\*+)?(?:[\w_]+)\s*[\d\]\[]*\s*(=.*)?")
+        if r.match(proto):
+            default_val = r.group(1)
 
         if not declaration_name:
-            declaration_name = r.group(1)
+           self.emit_msg(ln,f"{proto}: can't parse variable")
+           return
 
-        default_val = r.group(2)
         if default_val:
             default_val = default_val.lstrip("=").strip()