[PATCH] lib/string_helpers: fix some kerneldoc warnings

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Jun 07 2019 - 13:14:12 EST


Due to some sad limitations in how kerneldoc comments are parsed, the
documentation in lib/string_helpers.c generates these warnings:

./lib/string_helpers.c:236: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.
./lib/string_helpers.c:241: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
./lib/string_helpers.c:446: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.
./lib/string_helpers.c:451: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
./lib/string_helpers.c:474: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.

Rework the comments to obtain something like the desired result.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
lib/string_helpers.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 29c490e5d478..a9f5ef9289e6 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -230,35 +230,36 @@ static bool unescape_special(char **src, char **dst)
* @src: source buffer (escaped)
* @dst: destination buffer (unescaped)
* @size: size of the destination buffer (0 to unlimit)
- * @flags: combination of the flags (bitwise OR):
- * %UNESCAPE_SPACE:
+ * @flags: combination of the flags.
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * The function unquotes characters in the given string.
+ *
+ * Because the size of the output will be the same as or less than the size of
+ * the input, the transformation may be performed in place.
+ *
+ * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that
+ * destination buffer will always be NULL-terminated. Source string must be
+ * NULL-terminated as well. The supported flags are::
+ *
+ * UNESCAPE_SPACE:
* '\f' - form feed
* '\n' - new line
* '\r' - carriage return
* '\t' - horizontal tab
* '\v' - vertical tab
- * %UNESCAPE_OCTAL:
+ * UNESCAPE_OCTAL:
* '\NNN' - byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
- * %UNESCAPE_HEX:
+ * UNESCAPE_HEX:
* '\xHH' - byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
- * %UNESCAPE_SPECIAL:
+ * UNESCAPE_SPECIAL:
* '\"' - double quote
* '\\' - backslash
* '\a' - alert (BEL)
* '\e' - escape
- * %UNESCAPE_ANY:
+ * UNESCAPE_ANY:
* all previous together
*
- * Description:
- * The function unquotes characters in the given string.
- *
- * Because the size of the output will be the same as or less than the size of
- * the input, the transformation may be performed in place.
- *
- * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that
- * destination buffer will always be NULL-terminated. Source string must be
- * NULL-terminated as well.
- *
* Return:
* The amount of the characters processed to the destination buffer excluding
* trailing '\0' is returned.
@@ -440,7 +441,29 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end)
* @isz: source buffer size
* @dst: destination buffer (escaped)
* @osz: destination buffer size
- * @flags: combination of the flags (bitwise OR):
+ * @flags: combination of the flags
+ * @only: NULL-terminated string containing characters used to limit
+ * the selected escape class. If characters are included in @only
+ * that would not normally be escaped by the classes selected
+ * in @flags, they will be copied to @dst unescaped.
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * The process of escaping byte buffer includes several parts. They are applied
+ * in the following sequence.
+ *
+ * 1. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in
+ * case of match it passes through to the output.
+ * 2. The character is not matched to the one from @only string and thus
+ * must go as-is to the output.
+ * 3. The character is checked if it falls into the class given by @flags.
+ * %ESCAPE_OCTAL and %ESCAPE_HEX are going last since they cover any
+ * character. Note that they actually can't go together, otherwise
+ * %ESCAPE_HEX will be ignored.
+ *
+ * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that
+ * destination buffer will not be NULL-terminated, thus caller have to append
+ * it if needs. The supported flags are::
+ *
* %ESCAPE_SPACE: (special white space, not space itself)
* '\f' - form feed
* '\n' - new line
@@ -463,26 +486,6 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end)
* all previous together
* %ESCAPE_HEX:
* '\xHH' - byte with hexadecimal value HH (2 digits)
- * @only: NULL-terminated string containing characters used to limit
- * the selected escape class. If characters are included in @only
- * that would not normally be escaped by the classes selected
- * in @flags, they will be copied to @dst unescaped.
- *
- * Description:
- * The process of escaping byte buffer includes several parts. They are applied
- * in the following sequence.
- * 1. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in
- * case of match it passes through to the output.
- * 2. The character is not matched to the one from @only string and thus
- * must go as-is to the output.
- * 3. The character is checked if it falls into the class given by @flags.
- * %ESCAPE_OCTAL and %ESCAPE_HEX are going last since they cover any
- * character. Note that they actually can't go together, otherwise
- * %ESCAPE_HEX will be ignored.
- *
- * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that
- * destination buffer will not be NULL-terminated, thus caller have to append
- * it if needs.
*
* Return:
* The total size of the escaped output that would be generated for
--
2.21.0