From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:09:40 +0000 (+0100) Subject: docs: kdoc: ensure that comments are dropped before calling split_struct_proto() X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=12aa7753ff4c5fea405d139bcf67f49bda2c932e;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git docs: kdoc: ensure that comments are dropped before calling split_struct_proto() Changeset 2b957decdb6c ("docs: kdoc: don't add broken comments inside prototypes") revealed a hidden bug at split_struct_proto(): some comments there may break its capability of properly identifying a struct. Fixing it is as simple as stripping comments before calling it. Fixes: 2b957decdb6c ("docs: kdoc: don't add broken comments inside prototypes") Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: --- diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py index f90c6dd0343d1..8b2c9d0f0c583 100644 --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py @@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ class KernelDoc: # # Do the basic parse to get the pieces of the declaration. # + proto = trim_private_members(proto) struct_parts = self.split_struct_proto(proto) if not struct_parts: self.emit_msg(ln, f"{proto} error: Cannot parse struct or union!") @@ -763,6 +764,7 @@ class KernelDoc: # Strip preprocessor directives. Note that this depends on the # trailing semicolon we added in process_proto_type(). # + proto = trim_private_members(proto) proto = KernRe(r'#\s*((define|ifdef|if)\s+|endif)[^;]*;', flags=re.S).sub('', proto) # # Parse out the name and members of the enum. Typedef form first. @@ -770,7 +772,7 @@ class KernelDoc: r = KernRe(r'typedef\s+enum\s*\{(.*)\}\s*(\w*)\s*;') if r.search(proto): declaration_name = r.group(2) - members = trim_private_members(r.group(1)) + members = r.group(1) # # Failing that, look for a straight enum # @@ -778,7 +780,7 @@ class KernelDoc: r = KernRe(r'enum\s+(\w*)\s*\{(.*)\}') if r.match(proto): declaration_name = r.group(1) - members = trim_private_members(r.group(2)) + members = r.group(2) # # OK, this isn't going to work. #