Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] scripts/kernel-doc: avoid error_count overflows

[Randy Dunlap]

Mauro,
The line formatting is weird on one line below
(looks like 2 text lines are joined).

On 1/14/26 4:57 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> The glibc library limits the return code to 8 bits. We need to
> stick to this limit when using sys.exit(error_count).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  scripts/kernel-doc.py | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc.py b/scripts/kernel-doc.py
> index 7a1eaf986bcd..3992ca49d593 100755
> --- a/scripts/kernel-doc.py
> +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc.py
> @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ SRC_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
>  
>  sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(SRC_DIR, LIB_DIR))
>  
> +WERROR_RETURN_CODE = 3
> +
>  DESC = """
>  Read C language source or header FILEs, extract embedded documentation comments,
>  and print formatted documentation to standard output.
> @@ -176,7 +178,20 @@ class MsgFormatter(logging.Formatter):
>          return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
>  
>  def main():
> -    """Main program"""
> +    """
> +    Main program
> +    By default, the return value is:
> +
> +    - 0: success or Python version is not compatible with                                                                kernel-doc.  If -Werror is not used, it will also

Here ^^^^^

> +       return 0 if there are issues at kernel-doc markups;
> +
> +    - 1: an abnormal condition happened;


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~Randy