[PATCH] docs: kdoc: parse context_lock_struct() as struct declaration
From: Omokefe Emmanuel Onanaroghene
Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 19:43:23 EST
kernel-doc fails to parse struct declarations wrapped in
context_lock_struct(), e.g. struct debugfs_cancellation:
include/linux/debugfs.h:245 ... error: Cannot parse struct or union!
Add a struct transform that expands context_lock_struct() to a plain
struct declaration, and apply the struct transforms to the whole
declaration before split_struct_proto(), matching what dump_var() and
dump_function() already do for their prototypes. The member-only
transform in dump_struct() is then redundant.
Add a regression test for the debugfs_cancellation declaration.
Fixes: 6e530e2e3119 ("debugfs: Make debugfs_cancellation a context lock struct")
Signed-off-by: Omokefe Emmanuel Onanaroghene <emmaonana18@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 11 +++++++----
tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py | 1 +
tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index d9ad1ddc87dd..80d4245acd17 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -831,6 +831,13 @@ class KernelDoc:
#
source = source
proto = trim_private_members(proto)
+
+ #
+ # Expand macro-based declarations, like context_lock_struct(),
+ # into a plain struct/union declaration before splitting it,
+ # as dump_var() and dump_function() already do.
+ #
+ proto = self.xforms.apply("struct", proto)
struct_parts = self.split_struct_proto(proto)
if not struct_parts:
self.emit_msg(ln, f"{proto} error: Cannot parse struct or union!")
@@ -841,10 +848,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
self.emit_msg(ln, f"expecting prototype for {decl_type} {self.entry.identifier}. "
f"Prototype was for {decl_type} {declaration_name} instead")
return
- #
- # Go through the list of members applying all of our transformations.
- #
- members = self.xforms.apply("struct", members)
#
# Deal with embedded struct and union members, and drop enums entirely.
diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py
index e3dda2fe8a53..9f2c750a811b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class CTransforms:
(CMatch("struct_group_attr"), r"struct { \3+ };"),
(CMatch("struct_group_tagged"), r"struct { \3+ };"),
(CMatch("__struct_group"), r"struct { \4+ };"),
+ (CMatch("context_lock_struct"), r"struct \1"),
]
#: Transforms for function prototypes.
diff --git a/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py b/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
index c4a76ed13dbc..4baa78ca02b3 100755
--- a/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
@@ -418,6 +418,32 @@ class TestSelfValidate(GenerateKdocItem):
"""
self.run_test(self.SOURCE, [self.DEFAULT.copy()], self.EXPORTS)
+class TestContextLockStruct(GenerateKdocItem):
+ def test_context_lock_struct_declaration(self):
+ source = """
+ /**
+ * struct debugfs_cancellation - cancellation data
+ * @list: internal, for keeping track
+ * @cancel: callback to call
+ * @cancel_data: extra data for the callback to call
+ */
+ context_lock_struct(debugfs_cancellation) {
+ struct list_head list;
+ void (*cancel)(struct dentry *, void *);
+ void *cancel_data;
+ };
+ """
+
+ kernel_doc = KernelDoc(self.config, "test.c", self.xforms)
+ patcher = patch('builtins.open', new_callable=mock_open,
+ read_data=dedent(source))
+ with patcher:
+ _, entries = kernel_doc.parse_kdoc()
+
+ self.assertEqual(len(entries), 1)
+ self.assertEqual(entries[0].name, "debugfs_cancellation")
+ self.assertEqual(entries[0].warnings, [])
+
#
# Class and logic to create dynamic tests from YAML
#
--
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