Re: kernel-doc : possible fix for non-fatal perl errors whenparsing some function pointers

[Richard Kennedy]

On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 14:46 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:42:24 +0000 Richard Kennedy wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 09:21 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:13:12 +0000 Richard Kennedy wrote:
> > > 
> > > > When running "make htmldocs" I'm seeing some non-fatal perl errors
> > > > caused by trying to parse the callback function definitions in
> > > > blk-core.c.
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Hi Richard,
> > > Thanks for the patch.  I was planning to look into this problem
> > > this weekend.
> > > 
> > > I think that changing scripts/kernel-doc to accept the current
> > > kernel source tree usage is the right thing to do, even if the
> > > block/blk code is a bit different.  I'll test it a bit and then
> > > push it.
> > > 
> > > I appreciate the patch.
> > > 
> > No problem. 
> > 
> > I have given the patch some testing, and the output xml is the same
> > except for the blk_end_request_callback entry.
> > 
> > But I wonder if it should change to this :-
> > 
> > > -         $type =~ s/([^\(]+\(\*)$param/$1/;
> > > +         $type =~ s/([^\(]+\(\*?)\s*$param/$1/;
> > 
> > just in case there is some stray whitespace in there.
> 
> That should be OK, so I changed that line.
> 
> Can I get a Signed-off-by: from you, please?
> 
> Thanks,
> ---
Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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