Re: [PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc: Fix kdoc for Python 3.9-3.11

[Akira Yokosawa]

Hi,

On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:45:08 +0200, Ryszard Knop wrote:
> The syntax used by the excess description suggestion change works on
> Python 3.12+, while we need to support 3.9+.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ryszard Knop <ryszard.knop@xxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>

And here are needed tags for helping Jon (supposed to go ahead of Sob):

Fixes: d7758384ccb4 ("scripts/kernel-doc: Suggest possible names for excess descriptions")
Reported-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/22a9276d-c103-4306-a617-7f34abcd5c29@xxxxxxxxx/

> ---
>  tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> index 884f42584667..9cba20f827c4 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ class KernelDoc:
>          if not suggestions:
>              return ""
>  
> -        return f"(did you mean one of: '{"', '".join(suggestions)}')"
> +        joined_suggestions = "', '".join(suggestions)
> +        return f"(did you mean one of: '{joined_suggestions}')"
>  
>      def check_sections(self, ln, decl_name, decl_type):
>          """

Thanks, Akira