Re: [PATCH] docs: kdoc: handle TRACE_EVENT_FN() family in tracepoint parser

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 00:21:27 EST




On 10/1/26 7:34 PM, Omokefe Emmanuel Onanaroghene wrote:
> kernel-doc fails to parse tracepoint declarations that use
> TRACE_EVENT_FN(), e.g. gpu_power_status:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_trace.h:28 ... Unrecognized
> tracepoint format ...
> ... expecting prototype for gpu_power_status(). Prototype was for
> TRACE_EVENT_FN() instead
>
> tracepoint_munge() only matches TRACE_EVENT(), so the macro name is
> kept as the prototype and the TP_PROTO() arguments leak into the
> parameter list as garbage.
>
> Match TRACE_EVENT_FN(), TRACE_EVENT_FN_COND(),
> TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION() and TRACE_EVENT_SYSCALL() the same way as
> TRACE_EVENT() and list them explicitly at the call site in
> process_proto_function().
>
> Add a regression test for the gpu_power_status declaration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Omokefe Emmanuel Onanaroghene <emmaonana18@xxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.


> ---
> tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
> tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> index d9ad1ddc87dd..28c325665c17 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -1542,6 +1542,22 @@ class KernelDoc:
> if r.search(proto):
> tracepointname = r.group(1)
>
> + r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT_FN\((.*?),')
> + if r.search(proto):
> + tracepointname = r.group(1)
> +
> + r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT_FN_COND\((.*?),')
> + if r.search(proto):
> + tracepointname = r.group(1)
> +
> + r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION\((.*?),')
> + if r.search(proto):
> + tracepointname = r.group(1)
> +
> + r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT_SYSCALL\((.*?),')
> + if r.search(proto):
> + tracepointname = r.group(1)
> +
> r = KernRe(r'DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT\((.*?),')
> if r.search(proto):
> tracepointname = r.group(1)
> @@ -1601,7 +1617,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
> self.entry.prototype = self.syscall_munge(ln,
> self.entry.prototype)
> else:
> - r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT|DEFINE_EVENT|DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT')
> + r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT|TRACE_EVENT_FN|TRACE_EVENT_FN_COND|TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION|TRACE_EVENT_SYSCALL|DEFINE_EVENT|DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT')
> if r.search(self.entry.prototype):
> self.entry.prototype = self.tracepoint_munge(ln,
> self.entry.prototype)
> diff --git a/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py b/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
> index c4a76ed13dbc..398e11a8737e 100755
> --- a/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -418,6 +418,34 @@ class TestSelfValidate(GenerateKdocItem):
> """
> self.run_test(self.SOURCE, [self.DEFAULT.copy()], self.EXPORTS)
>
> +class TestTraceEventFn(GenerateKdocItem):
> + def test_trace_event_fn_declaration(self):
> + source = """
> + /**
> + * gpu_power_status - called when hardware turns on or off
> + * @dev: pointer to device
> + * @shader_bitmap: bitmap
> + */
> + TRACE_EVENT_FN(gpu_power_status,
> + TP_PROTO(const struct device *dev, u64 shader_bitmap),
> + TP_ARGS(dev, shader_bitmap),
> + TP_STRUCT__entry(__field(u64, shader_bitmap)),
> + TP_fast_assign(__entry->shader_bitmap = shader_bitmap;),
> + TP_printk("%s", __get_str(dev_name)),
> + my_register, my_unregister
> + );
> + """
> +
> + kernel_doc = KernelDoc(self.config, "test.c", self.xforms)
> + patcher = patch('builtins.open', new_callable=mock_open,
> + read_data=dedent(source))
> + with patcher:
> + _, entries = kernel_doc.parse_kdoc()
> +
> + self.assertEqual(len(entries), 1)
> + self.assertEqual(entries[0].name, "trace_gpu_power_status")
> + self.assertEqual(entries[0].warnings, [])
> +
> #
> # Class and logic to create dynamic tests from YAML
> #

--
~Randy