Re: [PATCH] docs: kdoc: strip DOMAIN_NS() wrapper in function prototypes
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 00:28:49 EST
On 10/1/26 9:15 PM, Omokefe Emmanuel Onanaroghene wrote:
> kernel-doc fails to parse functions whose names are wrapped in the
> DOMAIN_NS() namespace macro, e.g. in
> drivers/iommu/generic_pt/iommu_pt.h:217:
>
> ... expecting prototype for iova_to_phys(). Prototype was for
> DOMAIN_NS() instead
>
> function_xforms is the designated place for unwrapping function-name
> macros, but it has no entry for DOMAIN_NS(), so the macro name is kept
> as the prototype and the real name leaks into the parameter list.
>
> Add a transform expanding DOMAIN_NS(op) to op, following the existing
> DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IRQ precedent.
>
> Add a regression test for the wrapped iova_to_phys() declaration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Omokefe Emmanuel Onanaroghene <emmaonana18@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
> ---
> tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py | 6 ++++++
> tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py
> index e3dda2fe8a53..5e8bd9117895 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py
> @@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ class CTransforms:
> (CMatch("__diagnose_as"), ""),
> (CMatch("DECL_BUCKET_PARAMS"), r"\1, \2"),
> (CMatch("DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IRQ"), r"static void \1(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 vector)"),
> + #
> + # DOMAIN_NS() wraps a function name with a namespace prefix
> + # (see drivers/iommu/generic_pt/iommu_pt.h). Unwrap it so the
> + # real function name is parsed.
> + #
> + (CMatch("DOMAIN_NS"), r"\1"),
> (CMatch("__cond_acquires"), ""),
> (CMatch("__cond_releases"), ""),
> (CMatch("__acquires"), ""),
> diff --git a/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py b/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
> index c4a76ed13dbc..4b47a858824a 100755
> --- a/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/tools/unittests/test_kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -418,6 +418,28 @@ class TestSelfValidate(GenerateKdocItem):
> """
> self.run_test(self.SOURCE, [self.DEFAULT.copy()], self.EXPORTS)
>
> +class TestDomainNs(GenerateKdocItem):
> + def test_domain_ns_wrapped_function(self):
> + source = """
> + /**
> + * iova_to_phys() - Return the output address for the given IOVA
> + * @domain: Table to query
> + * @iova: IO virtual address to query
> + */
> + phys_addr_t DOMAIN_NS(iova_to_phys)(struct iommu_domain *domain,
> + dma_addr_t iova);
> + """
> +
> + 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, "iova_to_phys")
> + self.assertEqual(entries[0].warnings, [])
> +
> #
> # Class and logic to create dynamic tests from YAML
> #
--
~Randy