Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: drop looking for "MACDOC"

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Tue Jan 30 2024 - 15:30:09 EST


Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Linux kernel does not use "MACDOC" in any documenation or any
> source files, so stop searching for it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> scripts/kernel-doc | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff -- a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
> --- a/scripts/kernel-doc
> +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
> @@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ sub process_proto_function($$) {
>
> $x =~ s@\/\/.*$@@gos; # strip C99-style comments to end of line
>
> - if ($x =~ m#\s*/\*\s+MACDOC\s*#io || ($x =~ /^#/ && $x !~ /^#\s*define/)) {
> + if ($x =~ /^#/ && $x !~ /^#\s*define/) {
> # do nothing
> }

Applied, thanks.

jon