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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/kernel-doc77
1 files changed, 75 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 0ac1a07874cc..3a4d895b9237 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -133,6 +133,30 @@ use strict;
#
# All descriptions can be multiline, except the short function description.
#
+# For really longs structs, you can also describe arguments inside the
+# body of the struct.
+# eg.
+# /**
+# * struct my_struct - short description
+# * @a: first member
+# * @b: second member
+# *
+# * Longer description
+# */
+# struct my_struct {
+# int a;
+# int b;
+# /**
+# * @c: This is longer description of C
+# *
+# * You can use paragraphs to describe arguments
+# * using this method.
+# */
+# int c;
+# };
+#
+# This should be use only for struct/enum members.
+#
# You can also add additional sections. When documenting kernel functions you
# should document the "Context:" of the function, e.g. whether the functions
# can be called form interrupts. Unlike other sections you can end it with an
@@ -296,9 +320,19 @@ my $lineprefix="";
# 2 - scanning field start.
# 3 - scanning prototype.
# 4 - documentation block
+# 5 - gathering documentation outside main block
my $state;
my $in_doc_sect;
+# Split Doc State
+# 0 - Invalid (Before start or after finish)
+# 1 - Is started (the /** was found inside a struct)
+# 2 - The @parameter header was found, start accepting multi paragraph text.
+# 3 - Finished (the */ was found)
+# 4 - Error - Comment without header was found. Spit a warning as it's not
+# proper kernel-doc and ignore the rest.
+my $split_doc_state;
+
#declaration types: can be
# 'function', 'struct', 'union', 'enum', 'typedef'
my $decl_type;
@@ -313,6 +347,9 @@ my $doc_decl = $doc_com . '(\w+)';
my $doc_sect = $doc_com . '([' . $doc_special . ']?[\w\s]+):(.*)';
my $doc_content = $doc_com_body . '(.*)';
my $doc_block = $doc_com . 'DOC:\s*(.*)?';
+my $doc_split_start = '^\s*/\*\*\s*$';
+my $doc_split_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):(.*)';
+my $doc_split_end = '^\s*\*/\s*$';
my %constants;
my %parameterdescs;
@@ -2190,6 +2227,7 @@ sub reset_state {
$prototype = "";
$state = 0;
+ $split_doc_state = 0;
}
sub tracepoint_munge($) {
@@ -2462,7 +2500,6 @@ sub process_file($) {
}
$section = $newsection;
} elsif (/$doc_end/) {
-
if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
$section = $section_default;
@@ -2503,8 +2540,44 @@ sub process_file($) {
print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): bad line: $_";
++$warnings;
}
+ } elsif ($state == 5) { # scanning for split parameters
+ # First line (state 1) needs to be a @parameter
+ if ($split_doc_state == 1 && /$doc_split_sect/o) {
+ $section = $1;
+ $contents = $2;
+ if ($contents ne "") {
+ while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") ||
+ substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") {
+ $contents = substr($contents, 1);
+ }
+ $contents .= "\n";
+ }
+ $split_doc_state = 2;
+ # Documentation block end */
+ } elsif (/$doc_split_end/) {
+ if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
+ dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
+ $section = $section_default;
+ $contents = "";
+ }
+ $state = 3;
+ $split_doc_state = 0;
+ # Regular text
+ } elsif (/$doc_content/) {
+ if ($split_doc_state == 2) {
+ $contents .= $1 . "\n";
+ } elsif ($split_doc_state == 1) {
+ $split_doc_state = 4;
+ print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): ";
+ print STDERR "Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: $_";
+ ++$warnings;
+ }
+ }
} elsif ($state == 3) { # scanning for function '{' (end of prototype)
- if ($decl_type eq 'function') {
+ if (/$doc_split_start/) {
+ $state = 5;
+ $split_doc_state = 1;
+ } elsif ($decl_type eq 'function') {
process_state3_function($_, $file);
} else {
process_state3_type($_, $file);