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/
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
 tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index aaa352855717..e137bd9a7dac 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -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\]\[]*\s*(=.*)?")
-        if not r.match(proto):
+        if r.match(proto):
+            if not declaration_name:
+                declaration_name = r.group(1)
+
+            default_val = r.group(2)
+        else:
+            r= KernRe(OPTIONAL_VAR_ATTR + r"(?:\w.*)?\s+(?:\*+)?(?:[\w_]+)\s*[\d\]\[]*\s*(=.*)?")
+        if r.match(proto):
+            default_val = r.group(1)
+
+        if not declaration_name:
            self.emit_msg(ln,f"{proto}: can't parse variable")
            return
 
-        var_type = r.group(0)
-
-        if not declaration_name:
-            declaration_name = r.group(1)
-
-        default_val = r.group(2)
         if default_val:
             default_val = default_val.lstrip("=").strip()
 
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2.52.0