Re: [PATCH 4/6] scripts: kernel-doc: support in-line comments on nested structs/unions

[Markus Heiser]

> Am 16.02.2018 um 14:48 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> The parser at kernel-doc rejects names with dots in the middle.
> Fix it, in order to support nested structs/unions.
> 
> Tested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/kernel-doc | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
> index fee8952037b1..06d7f3f2c094 100755
> --- a/scripts/kernel-doc
> +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
> @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ my $doc_sect = $doc_com .
> my $doc_content = $doc_com_body . '(.*)';
> my $doc_block = $doc_com . 'DOC:\s*(.*)?';
> my $doc_inline_start = '^\s*/\*\*\s*$';
> -my $doc_inline_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):(.*)';
> +my $doc_inline_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@\s*[\w][\w\.]*\s*):(.*)';

Thanks!

FWIW: added similar patch to python variant of kernel-doc:

https://github.com/return42/linuxdoc/commit/5c5da9a

rendered example:

  https://return42.github.io/linuxdoc/linuxdoc-howto/all-in-a-tumble.html#struct-my-long-struct

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