[PATCH 4/6] scripts: kernel-doc: support in-line comments on nested structs/unions

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Fri Feb 16 2018 - 08:49:55 EST


The parser at kernel-doc rejects names with dots in the middle.
Fix it, in order to support nested structs/unions.

Tested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/kernel-doc | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index fee8952037b1..06d7f3f2c094 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ my $doc_sect = $doc_com .
my $doc_content = $doc_com_body . '(.*)';
my $doc_block = $doc_com . 'DOC:\s*(.*)?';
my $doc_inline_start = '^\s*/\*\*\s*$';
-my $doc_inline_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):(.*)';
+my $doc_inline_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@\s*[\w][\w\.]*\s*):(.*)';
my $doc_inline_end = '^\s*\*/\s*$';
my $doc_inline_oneline = '^\s*/\*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):\s*(.*)\s*\*/\s*$';
my $export_symbol = '^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*;';
--
2.14.3