[PATCH v3 06/30] docs: kdoc_parser: use NestedMatch to handle __attribute__ on functions

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 03:13:21 EST


Some annotations macros may have nested parenthesis, causing normal
regex parsing to fail. The __attribute__ regex is currently very
complex to try to avoid that, but it doesn't catch all cases.

Ensure that the parenthesis will be properly handled by using
the NestedMatch() logic.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 ae5b2ef80f75..64165d8df84e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ struct_nested_prefixes = [
# the start delimiter.
#
function_nested_prefixes = [
+ (re.compile(r"__attribute__\s*\("), ""),
]

#
@@ -195,7 +196,6 @@ function_xforms = [
(KernRe(r"__diagnose_as\s*\(\s*\S+\s*(?:,\s*\d+\s*)*\) +"), ""),
(KernRe(r"DECL_BUCKET_PARAMS\s*\(\s*(\S+)\s*,\s*(\S+)\s*\)"), r"\1, \2"),
(KernRe(r"__attribute_const__ +"), ""),
- (KernRe(r"__attribute__\s*\(\((?:[\w\s]+(?:\([^)]*\))?\s*,?)+\)\)\s+"), ""),
]

#
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