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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright(c) 2026: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>.
+#
+# pylint: disable=C0413,R0904
+
+
+"""
+Unit tests for kernel-doc CMatch.
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+
+# Import Python modules
+
+SRC_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "../lib/python"))
+
+from kdoc.c_lex import CMatch
+from kdoc.xforms_lists import CTransforms
+from unittest_helper import run_unittest
+
+#
+# Override unittest.TestCase to better compare diffs ignoring whitespaces
+#
+class TestCaseDiff(unittest.TestCase):
+ """
+ Disable maximum limit on diffs and add a method to better
+ handle diffs with whitespace differences.
+ """
+
+ @classmethod
+ def setUpClass(cls):
+ """Ensure that there won't be limit for diffs"""
+ cls.maxDiff = None
+
+
+#
+# Tests doing with different macros
+#
+
+class TestSearch(TestCaseDiff):
+ """
+ Test search mechanism
+ """
+
+ def test_search_acquires_simple(self):
+ line = "__acquires(ctx) foo();"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch("__acquires").search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "__acquires(ctx)")
+
+ def test_search_acquires_multiple(self):
+ line = "__acquires(ctx) __acquires(other) bar();"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch("__acquires").search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "__acquires(ctx), __acquires(other)")
+
+ def test_search_acquires_nested_paren(self):
+ line = "__acquires((ctx1, ctx2)) baz();"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch("__acquires").search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "__acquires((ctx1, ctx2))")
+
+ def test_search_must_hold(self):
+ line = "__must_hold(&lock) do_something();"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch("__must_hold").search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "__must_hold(&lock)")
+
+ def test_search_must_hold_shared(self):
+ line = "__must_hold_shared(RCU) other();"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch("__must_hold_shared").search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "__must_hold_shared(RCU)")
+
+ def test_search_no_false_positive(self):
+ line = "call__acquires(foo); // should stay intact"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch(r"\b__acquires").search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "")
+
+ def test_search_no_macro_remains(self):
+ line = "do_something_else();"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch("__acquires").search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "")
+
+ def test_search_no_function(self):
+ line = "something"
+ result = ", ".join(CMatch(line).search(line))
+ self.assertEqual(result, "")
+
+#
+# Run all tests
+#
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ run_unittest(__file__)