Re: [RFC v2] scripts: kernel-doc: fix attribute capture in function parsing

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com> writes:

> Currently, kernel-doc warns for function prototype parsing on the
> presence of attributes "__attribute_const__" and "__flatten" in the
> definition.
>
> There are 166 occurrences in ~70 files in the kernel tree for
> "__attribute_const__" and 5 occurrences in 4 files for "__flatten".
>
> Out of 166, there are 3 occurrences in three different files with
> "__attribute_const__" and a preceding kernel-doc; and, 1 occurrence in
> ./mm/percpu.c for "__flatten" with a preceding kernel-doc. All other
> occurrences have no preceding kernel-doc.
>
> Add support for  "__attribute_const__" and "__flatten" attributes.
>
> A quick evaluation by running 'kernel-doc -none' on kernel-tree reveals
> that no additional warning or error has been added or removed by the fix.
>
> Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove "__attribute_const__" from the $return_type capture regex and add to the substituting ones.
> - Add support for "__flatten" attribute
> - Modify commit message
>
>  scripts/kernel-doc | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon