From nobody Sat Oct 4 17:31:11 2025 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4EDA923BF96; Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:40:47 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755186050; cv=none; b=OogJPKS42Lx9ZL4QdG+HarDvm+tr/Fu585blDA0F+UJ+dhsRFGA7tNj5UdPfPFyvRc8VBOTLglfigaG9MKHHbpa3vXYhE+qTAeHIXlxQj+fqAgLiLKTvb4Qbb1IJSVns6IGMdmbo664KuLLg1IF9tH/XXJOjbdD51c2w3fIlC+8= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755186050; c=relaxed/simple; bh=QMP+A6RZgqavqc1dXbtilnnyb8HnkdEJ1fmcIb+VkV4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=jc/Mh/cNuFimWnTT4Drs2yTab7p9eLBkKDRFtAUQUrUpY9UsU/8kM0jWfBD1ucTIfDMRW7klAfx6gKi1UGxPQ7MG8HX5/4JDW9V5CjrwLy+Nbqtovw/WNr1BSwJ1Vc2coXKvDEZ308GmrATOUJQpps3sMWtYFTqWEpg9aCsXD9Q= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=FhrkEXq6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="FhrkEXq6" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 47C4B40AB4 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1755186047; bh=MrbbreIikBSbVzvRnFELl6mnrF8Yja7sRNIT6v6ZGfs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=FhrkEXq6FWkRr25ezR0I9p5Y0HDEQLDTH/8Gxa7HMFHOUH3p/aLieoEflTzD6Jjb5 tskOEgEvCsZr461Tig7kQT+Rb114oAk65XOgIToQdHtMEWvDwT0PBlgzc6aK7S/cFX FrR1/w51l1brjEXqb/9cq/yZWKS+JQLOeswhM+CvDrGLTAqil4RjlSeFv9IYr3TEAI ine5MHutiue/hlEtUDZy3MRSH1b+MGhYeB//aVVQ/jO/jx4p3fk2UKICdlwmv0ExZz Wj68HPeJPhgRjFD+dLj03qDLTNmPO5SDhtXzXLLrQk39Nw9odElXAaVheuiOOY6Mrh Mi1a+lw/4Q7+w== Received: from trenco.lwn.net (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:2da9::1fe]) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 47C4B40AB4; Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:40:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Akira Yokosawa , Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH v2 4/7] docs: kdoc: add a couple more comments in create_parameter_list() Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:40:32 -0600 Message-ID: <20250814154035.328769-5-corbet@lwn.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.50.1 In-Reply-To: <20250814154035.328769-1-corbet@lwn.net> References: <20250814154035.328769-1-corbet@lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Make what the final code is doing a bit more clear to slow readers like me. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser= .py index 07234ce04409..29881757bf1c 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py +++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py @@ -568,12 +568,18 @@ class KernelDoc: =20 bitfield_re =3D KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)') for param in args: + # + # For pointers, shift the star(s) from the variable na= me to the + # type declaration. + # r =3D KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)') if r.match(param): self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, r.group(2), f"{dtype} {r.group(1)}", arg, declaration_name) - + # + # Perform a similar shift for bitfields. + # elif bitfield_re.search(param): if dtype !=3D "": # Skip unnamed bit-fields self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, bitfield_re= .group(1), --=20 2.50.1