[PATCH] kernel-doc: add a warning prefix option

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Sep 18 2023 - 22:34:21 EST


Add an environment variable ("KDOC_LABEL") for use by scripts/kernel-doc.
This variable instructs kernel-doc to label each "warning:" line with
a prefix of the KDOC_LABEL value. E.g., using
KDOC_LABEL="doc" ./scripts/kernel-doc -none -Wall kernel/panic.c
causes kernel-doc warnings to be emitted as "doc warning:", like this:
kernel/panic.c:497: doc warning: No description found for return value of 'print_tainted'

This can aid either in finding or eliminating kernel-doc warnings.
'sparse' does something similar to this, although it uses a command line
option (-fdiagnostic-prefix[=prefix]).

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
scripts/kernel-doc | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -- a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ if ($#ARGV == -1) {
}

my $kernelversion;
+my $line_label;
my ($sphinx_major, $sphinx_minor, $sphinx_patch);

my $dohighlight = "";
@@ -439,6 +440,16 @@ sub get_kernel_version() {
return $version;
}

+# get line label from env
+sub get_line_label() {
+ my $label = '';
+
+ if (defined($ENV{'KDOC_LABEL'})) {
+ $label = $ENV{'KDOC_LABEL'} . " ";
+ }
+ return $label;
+}
+
#
sub print_lineno {
my $lineno = shift;
@@ -450,7 +461,7 @@ sub print_lineno {
sub emit_warning {
my $location = shift;
my $msg = shift;
- print STDERR "$location: warning: $msg";
+ print STDERR "$location: ${line_label}warning: $msg";
++$warnings;
}
##
@@ -2360,6 +2371,8 @@ if ($output_mode eq "rst") {

$kernelversion = get_kernel_version();

+$line_label = get_line_label();
+
# generate a sequence of code that will splice in highlighting information
# using the s// operator.
for (my $k = 0; $k < @highlights; $k++) {