From da3ecf00ffc7b169b9a31a1218bbb52aa19d8df7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vegard Nossum Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 23:22:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc: fix identifier parsing regex John wrote: > kernel-doc gets confused by code like the following: > > /** > * define HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT - The 16-bit port space is divided into > * two nonoverlapping regions. Ports 1-32767 are reserved exclusively > * for well-defined server ports. The remaining ports are used for client > * ports; these are allocated automatically by Homa. Port 0 is reserved. > */ > #define HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT 0x8000 > > It seems to use the last "-" on the line (the one in "16-bit") rather > than the first one, so it produces the following false error message: > > homa.h:50: warning: expecting prototype for HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT - > The 16(). Prototype was for HOMA_MIN_DEFAULT_PORT() instead > > There are similar problems if there is a ":" later on the line. The problem is the regex for the identifier, which is a greedy /.*/ that matches everything up to the last - or : (i.e. $decl_end). Fix it by tightening up this regex and not matching those characters as part of the identifier. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGXJAmzfRzE=A94NT5ETtj3bZc-=2oLg-9E5Kjh4o_-iuw1q8g@mail.gmail.com/ Reported-by: John Ousterhout Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241221222214.1969823-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com --- scripts/kernel-doc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index 4ee843d3600e..e57c5e989a0a 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ sub process_name($$) { # Look for foo() or static void foo() - description; or misspelt # identifier elsif (/^$decl_start$fn_type?(\w+)\s*$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end?$/ || - /^$decl_start$fn_type?(\w+.*)$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end$/) { + /^$decl_start$fn_type?(\w+[^-:]*)$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end$/) { $identifier = $1; $decl_type = 'function'; $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//;