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2025-07-15Merge branch 'kdoc-item2' into docs-mwJonathan Corbet
The kerneldoc parsing phase gathers all of the information about the declarations of interest, then passes it through to the output phase as a dict that is an unstructured blob of information; this organization has its origins in the Perl version of the program. It results in an interface that is difficult to reason about, dozen-parameter function calls, and other ills. Introduce a new class (KdocItem) to carry this information between the parser and the output modules, and, step by step, modify the system to use this class in a more structured way. This could be taken further by creating a subclass of KdocItem for each declaration type (function, struct, ...), but that is probably more structure than we need. The result is (I hope) clearer code, the removal of a bunch of boilerplate, and no changes to the generated output.
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: emit a warning for ancient versions of PythonJonathan Corbet
Versions of Python prior to 3.7 do not guarantee to remember the insertion order of dicts; since kernel-doc depends on that guarantee, running with such older versions could result in output with reordered sections. Python 3.9 is the minimum for the kernel as a whole, so this should not be a problem, but put in a warning just in case somebody tries to use something older. Suggested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: clean up check_sections()Jonathan Corbet
entry.sectcheck is just a duplicate of our list of sections that is only passed to check_sections(); its main purpose seems to be to avoid checking the special named sections. Rework check_sections() to not use that field (which is then deleted), tocheck for the known sections directly, and tighten up the logic in general. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: directly access the always-there KdocItem fieldsJonathan Corbet
They are part of the interface, so use them directly. This allows the removal of the transitional __dict__ hack in KdocItem. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: straighten up dump_declaration()Jonathan Corbet
Get rid of the excess "return" statements in dump_declaration(), along with a line of never-executed dead code. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: Regularize the use of the declaration nameJonathan Corbet
Each declaration type passes through the name in a unique field of the "args" blob - even though we have always just passed the name separately. Get rid of all the weird names and just use the common version. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: Coalesce parameter-list handlingJonathan Corbet
Callers to output_declaration() always pass the parameter information from self.entry; remove all of the boilerplate arguments and just get at that information directly. Formalize its placement in the KdocItem class. It would be nice to get rid of parameterlist as well, but that has the effect of reordering the output of function parameters and struct fields to match the order in the kerneldoc comment rather than in the declaration. One could argue about which is more correct, but the ordering has been left unchanged for now. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: use self.entry.parameterlist directly in check_sections()Jonathan Corbet
Callers of check_sections() join parameterlist into a single string, which is then immediately split back into the original list. Rather than do all that, just use parameterlist directly in check_sections(). Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: remove the "struct_actual" machineryJonathan Corbet
The code goes out of its way to create a special list of parameters in entry.struct_actual that is just like entry.parameterlist, but with extra junk. The only use of that information, in check_sections(), promptly strips all the extra junk back out. Drop all that extra work and just use parameterlist. No output changes. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: Centralize handling of the item section listJonathan Corbet
The section list always comes directly from the under-construction entry and is used uniformly. Formalize section handling in the KdocItem class, and have output_declaration() load the sections directly from the entry, eliminating a lot of duplicated, verbose parameters. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-15docs: kdoc: drop "sectionlist"Jonathan Corbet
Python dicts (as of 3.7) are guaranteed to remember the insertion order of items, so we do not need a separate list for that purpose. Drop the per-entry sectionlist variable and just rely on native dict ordering. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-08docs: kdoc: pretty up dump_enum()Jonathan Corbet
Add some comments to dump_enum to help the next person who has to figure out what it is actually doing. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Tested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250703184403.274408-8-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-08docs: kdoc: some tweaks to process_proto_function()Jonathan Corbet
Add a set of comments to process_proto_function and reorganize the logic slightly; no functional change. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Tested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250703184403.274408-6-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-08docs: kdoc: rework type prototype parsingJonathan Corbet
process_proto_type() is using a complex regex and a "while True" loop to split a declaration into chunks and, in the end, count brackets. Switch to using a simpler regex to just do the split directly, and handle each chunk as it comes. The result is, IMO, easier to understand and reason about. The old algorithm would occasionally elide the space between function parameters; see struct rng_alg->generate(), foe example. The only output difference is to not elide that space, which is more correct. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Tested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250703184403.274408-5-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-08docs: kdoc: remove the brcount floor in process_proto_type()Jonathan Corbet
Putting the floor under brcount does not change the output in any way, just remove it. Change the termination test from ==0 to <=0 to prevent infinite loops in case somebody does something truly wacko in the code. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Tested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250703184403.274408-4-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-08docs: kdoc: micro-optimize KernReJonathan Corbet
Rework _add_regex() to avoid doing the lookup twice for the (hopefully common) cache-hit case. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Tested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250703184403.274408-3-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-08docs: kdoc: don't reinvent string.strip()Jonathan Corbet
process_proto_type() and process_proto_function() reinventing the strip() string method with a whole series of separate regexes; take all that out and just use strip(). The previous implementation also (in process_proto_type()) removed C++ comments *after* the above dance, leaving trailing whitespace in that case; now we do the stripping afterward. This results in exactly one output change: the removal of a spurious space in the definition of BACKLIGHT_POWER_REDUCED - see https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/backlight.html#c.backlight_properties. I note that we are putting semicolons after #define lines that really shouldn't be there - a task for another day. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Tested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250703184403.274408-2-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-02docs: kdoc: simplify the output-item passingJonathan Corbet
Since our output items contain their name, we don't need to pass it separately. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-02docs: kdoc; Add a rudimentary class to represent output itemsJonathan Corbet
This class is intended to replace the unstructured dict used to accumulate an entry to pass to an output module. For now, it remains unstructured, but it works well enough that the output classes don't notice the difference. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: pretty up dump_enum()Jonathan Corbet
Add some comments to dump_enum to help the next person who has to figure out what it is actually doing. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: some tweaks to process_proto_function()Jonathan Corbet
Add a set of comments to process_proto_function and reorganize the logic slightly; no functional change. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: rework type prototype parsingJonathan Corbet
process_proto_type() is using a complex regex and a "while True" loop to split a declaration into chunks and, in the end, count brackets. Switch to using a simpler regex to just do the split directly, and handle each chunk as it comes. The result is, IMO, easier to understand and reason about. The old algorithm would occasionally elide the space between function parameters; see struct rng_alg->generate(), foe example. The only output difference is to not elide that space, which is more correct. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: split the processing of the two remaining inline statesJonathan Corbet
Now that "inline_*" are just ordinary parser states, split them into two separate functions, getting rid of some nested conditional logic. The original process_inline() would simply ignore lines that didn't match any of the regexes (those lacking the initial " * " marker). I have preserved that behavior, but we should perhaps emit a warning instead. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-9-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: remove the inline states-within-a-stateJonathan Corbet
The processing of inline kerneldoc comments is a state like the rest, but it was implemented as a set of separate substates. Just remove the substate logic and make the inline states normal ones like the rest. INLINE_ERROR was never actually used for anything, so just take it out. No changes to the generated output. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-8-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: remove the INLINE_END stateJonathan Corbet
It is never used, so just get rid of it. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-7-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: rework process_export() slightlyJonathan Corbet
Reorganize process_export() to eliminate duplicated code, don't look for exports in states where we don't expect them, and don't bother with normal state-machine processing if an export declaration has been found. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-6-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: remove KernelEntry::functionJonathan Corbet
This member is unused, to take it out. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-5-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: remove a bit of dead codeJonathan Corbet
The type_param regex matches "@..." just fine, so the special-case branch for that in dump_section() is never executed. Just remove it. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-4-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: Move content handling into KernelEntryJonathan Corbet
Rather than having other code mucking around with this bit of internal state, encapsulate it internally. Accumulate the description as a list of strings, joining them at the end, which is a more efficient way of building the text. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-3-corbet@lwn.net
2025-07-01docs: kdoc: remove KernelEntry::in_doc_sectJonathan Corbet
This field is not used for anything, just get rid of it. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250627184000.132291-2-corbet@lwn.net
2025-06-30docs: kdoc: remove the brcount floor in process_proto_type()Jonathan Corbet
Putting the floor under brcount does not change the output in any way, just remove it. Change the termination test from ==0 to <=0 to prevent infinite loops in case somebody does something truly wacko in the code. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-30docs: kdoc: micro-optimize KernReJonathan Corbet
Switch KernRe::add_regex() to a try..except block to avoid looking up each regex twice. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-27docs: kdoc: don't reinvent string.strip()Jonathan Corbet
process_proto_type() and process_proto_function() reinventing the strip() string method with a whole series of separate regexes; take all that out and just use strip(). The previous implementation also (in process_proto_type()) removed C++ comments *after* the above dance, leaving trailing whitespace in that case; now we do the stripping afterward. This results in exactly one output change: the removal of a spurious space in the definition of BACKLIGHT_POWER_REDUCED - see https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/backlight.html#c.backlight_properties. I note that we are putting semicolons after #define lines that really shouldn't be there - a task for another day. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-27docs: kdoc: split the processing of the two remaining inline statesJonathan Corbet
Now that "inline_*" are just ordinary parser states, split them into two separate functions, getting rid of some nested conditional logic. The original process_inline() would simply ignore lines that didn't match any of the regexes (those lacking the initial " * " marker). I have preserved that behavior, but we should perhaps emit a warning instead. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-27docs: kdoc: remove the inline states-within-a-stateJonathan Corbet
The processing of inline kerneldoc comments is a state like the rest, but it was implemented as a set of separate substates. Just remove the substate logic and make the inline states normal ones like the rest. INLINE_ERROR was never actually used for anything, so just take it out. No changes to the generated output. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-26docs: kdoc: remove the INLINE_END stateJonathan Corbet
It is never used, so just get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-25docs: kdoc: rework process_export() slightlyJonathan Corbet
Reorganize process_export() to eliminate duplicated code, don't look for exports in states where we don't expect them, and don't bother with normal state-machine processing if an export declaration has been found. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-25docs: kdoc: remove KernelEntry::functionJonathan Corbet
This member is unused, to take it out. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-25docs: kdoc: remove a bit of dead codeJonathan Corbet
The type_param regex matches "@..." just fine, so the special-case branch for that in dump_section() is never executed. Just remove it. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-25docs: kdoc: Move content handling into KernelEntryJonathan Corbet
Rather than having other code mucking around with this bit of internal state, encapsulate it internally. Accumulate the description as a list of strings, joining them at the end, which is a more efficient way of building the text. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-25docs: kdoc: remove KernelEntry::in_doc_sectJonathan Corbet
This field is not used for anything, just get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-06-25scripts: test_doc_build.py: regroup and rename argumentsMauro Carvalho Chehab
The script now have lots or arguments. Better organize and name them, for it to be a little bit more intuitive. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/acf5e1db38ca6a713c44ceca9db5cdd7d3079c92.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: sphinx-pre-install: fix release detection for FedoraMauro Carvalho Chehab
Fedora distros are now identified as: Fedora Linux 42 Fix the way script detects it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c2a34860bd986cc5f81fc25554ed91629736e995.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: sphinx-pre-install: properly handle SPHINXBUILDMauro Carvalho Chehab
Currently, the script ignores SPHINXBUILD, making it useless. As we're about to use on another script, fix support for it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b0217df871a5e563646d386327bdd7a393c58ac2.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: test_doc_build.py: make the script smarterMauro Carvalho Chehab
Most of the time, testing the full range of supported Sphinx version is a waste of time and resources. Instead, the best is to focus at the versions that are actually shipped by major distros. For it to work properly, we need to adjust the requirements for them to start from first patch for each distro after the minimal supported one. The requirements were re-adjusted to avoid build breakages related to version incompatibilities. Such builds were tested with: ./scripts/test_doc_build.py -m -a "SPHINXOPTS=-j8" "SPHINXDIRS=networking netlink/specs" --full Change the logic to pick by default only such versions, adding another parameter to do a comprehensive test. While here, improve the script documentation to make it easier to be used. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a2b9b7775a185766643ea4b82b558de25b61d6c7.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: test_doc_build.py: improve cmd.log logicMauro Carvalho Chehab
Simplify the logic which handles with new lines. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2436f37ab7945673f26bcfc94c10e6e76b93c2d8.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: test_doc_build.py: improve dependency listMauro Carvalho Chehab
Change the dependency list to ensure that: - all docutils versions are covered; - provide an explanation about the dependencies; - set a better minimal requirement for 3.4.3. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/433aeefb4ac9edbd62494334ac07bc1307387d40.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: test_doc_build.py: better adjust to python versionMauro Carvalho Chehab
Very old versions of Sphinx require older versions of python. The original script assumes that a python3.9 exec exists, but this may not be the case. Relax python requirements. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/32cb41c543293bbbab5fcb15f8a0aefac040e3a9.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: test_doc_build.py: better control its outputMauro Carvalho Chehab
Now that asyncio is supported, allow userspace to adjust verbosity level and direct the script output to a file. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/76c3a64a87a7493ae607d5c7784b3b829affcaf0.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-06-25scripts: test_doc_build.py: make capture assynchronousMauro Carvalho Chehab
Prepare the tool to allow writing the output into log files. For such purpose, receive stdin/stdout messages asynchronously. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/9b0a60b5047137b5ba764701268da992767b128c.1750571906.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org