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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2025-06-06 10:34:35 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2025-06-09 14:37:17 -0600
commitf9b4cf2e8518387d4c512d934137dc6968759ec4 (patch)
treeab9991d8d4c8ad83b196b4b4b5d3c416b92cecca /scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
parent8f4650fe1a74e68f5c6715413a5a26aa1564780d (diff)
docs: kdoc: remove the KernelEntry::descr pseudo member
The entry.descr value used in process_name() is not actually a member of the KernelEntry class; it is a bit of local state. So just manage it locally. A trim_whitespace() helper was added to clean up the code slightly. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250606163438.229916-7-corbet@lwn.net
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index dffa3055adc1..2d8a046499c7 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ export_symbol_ns = KernRe(r'^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*"\S+"
type_param = KernRe(r"\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)", cache=False)
+#
+# A little helper to get rid of excess white space
+#
+multi_space = KernRe(r'\s\s+')
+def trim_whitespace(s):
+ return multi_space.sub(' ', s.strip())
+
class state:
"""
State machine enums
@@ -1266,12 +1273,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
r = KernRe("[-:](.*)")
if r.search(line):
- # strip leading/trailing/multiple spaces
- self.entry.descr = r.group(1).strip(" ")
-
- r = KernRe(r"\s+")
- self.entry.descr = r.sub(" ", self.entry.descr)
- self.entry.declaration_purpose = self.entry.descr
+ self.entry.declaration_purpose = trim_whitespace(r.group(1))
self.state = state.BODY_MAYBE
else:
self.entry.declaration_purpose = ""