[PATCH] kdoc: allow dots in inline @param names

From: Steven Price

Date: Thu Dec 11 2025 - 05:49:36 EST


Inline kernel-doc blocks failed to parse tags containing dots (e.g.
creator.process_name in panfrost_gem.h) because the @name regex only
matched word characters. Modify the single-line pattern to match
doc_inline_sect so it includes \. and parses the same as a multi-line
comment.

Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 500aafc50032..261b484ad130 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ doc_content = doc_com_body + KernRe(r'(.*)', cache=False)
doc_inline_start = KernRe(r'^\s*/\*\*\s*$', cache=False)
doc_inline_sect = KernRe(r'\s*\*\s*(@\s*[\w][\w\.]*\s*):(.*)', cache=False)
doc_inline_end = KernRe(r'^\s*\*/\s*$', cache=False)
-doc_inline_oneline = KernRe(r'^\s*/\*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):\s*(.*)\s*\*/\s*$', cache=False)
+doc_inline_oneline = KernRe(r'^\s*/\*\*\s*(@\s*[\w][\w\.]*\s*):\s*(.*)\s*\*/\s*$', cache=False)

export_symbol = KernRe(r'^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*', cache=False)
export_symbol_ns = KernRe(r'^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*"\S+"\)\s*', cache=False)
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2.43.0