[PATCH] docs: kernel-doc: include "define" as an identifier type

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Sat Sep 12 2026 - 01:52:23 EST


Update the list of identifier types to include "define", which was
added in 2014 in commit
cbb4d3e6510b ("scripts/kernel-doc: handle object-like macros")

Fixes: 91a3d6be99e6 ("doc-guide: kernel-doc: tell about object-like macros")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20260911.orig/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ linux-next-20260911/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -565,8 +565,8 @@ identifiers: *[ function/type ...]*
Include documentation for each *function* and *type* in *source*.
If no *function* is specified, the documentation for all functions
and types in the *source* will be included.
- *type* can be a ``struct``, ``union``, ``enum``, ``typedef`` or ``var``
- identifier.
+ *type* can be a ``struct``, ``union``, ``enum``, ``typedef``, ``var``,
+ or ``define`` identifier.

Examples::