From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 22:32:10 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: docs: kdoc: remove some dead code in dump_typedef()
X-Git-Tag: v6.18-rc1~107^2~19
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=999a642d7e7d4241cc7dba942a13c67d0685284b;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git

docs: kdoc: remove some dead code in dump_typedef()

The regex in this block of code makes no sense, and a quick test shows that
it never matches anything; simply delete the code.

No output changes.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 5e41acfef7b8..7c739b495d58 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1060,11 +1060,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
                                     purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
             return
 
-        # Handle nested parentheses or brackets
-        r = KernRe(r'(\(*.\)\s*|\[*.\]\s*);$')
-        while r.search(proto):
-            proto = r.sub('', proto)
-
         # Parse simple typedefs
         r = KernRe(r'typedef.*\s+(\w+)\s*;')
         if r.match(proto):