kernel-doc: fix param matching for array params
Fix function actual parameter vs. kernel-doc description matching
so that a warning is not printed when it should not be:
Warning(include/linux/etherdevice.h:199): Excess function parameter 'addr' description in 'is_etherdev_addr'
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index fde6e3a..ed591e9 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1653,6 +1653,15 @@
}
}
+ # strip spaces from $param so that it is one continous string
+ # on @parameterlist;
+ # this fixes a problem where check_sections() cannot find
+ # a parameter like "addr[6 + 2]" because it actually appears
+ # as "addr[6", "+", "2]" on the parameter list;
+ # but it's better to maintain the param string unchanged for output,
+ # so just weaken the string compare in check_sections() to ignore
+ # "[blah" in a parameter string;
+ ###$param =~ s/\s*//g;
push @parameterlist, $param;
$parametertypes{$param} = $type;
}
@@ -1671,6 +1680,14 @@
$prm_clean = $prms[$px];
$prm_clean =~ s/\[.*\]//;
$prm_clean =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)//;
+ # ignore array size in a parameter string;
+ # however, the original param string may contain
+ # spaces, e.g.: addr[6 + 2]
+ # and this appears in @prms as "addr[6" since the
+ # parameter list is split at spaces;
+ # hence just ignore "[..." for the sections check;
+ $prm_clean =~ s/\[.*//;
+
##$prm_clean =~ s/^\**//;
if ($prm_clean eq $sects[$sx]) {
$err = 0;