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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2025-08-14 09:40:29 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2025-08-18 10:19:19 -0600
commit670ec7333a2c4823ac777b70f045cf731525ae5e (patch)
tree6a79f6222c3a60f2bdb5d425e2940575dc48669a /scripts/lib
parent6cf5f13ef3f1c032b48fddd4f0f9108236c7762a (diff)
docs: kdoc: remove dead code
create_parameter_list() tests an argument against the same regex twice, in two different locations; remove the pointless extra tests and the never-executed error cases that go with them. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250814154035.328769-2-corbet@lwn.net
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/lib')
-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py22
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 9e65948f8254..96e3fe4ec431 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -564,28 +564,18 @@ class KernelDoc:
args.insert(0, first_arg.pop())
dtype = ' '.join(first_arg)
+ bitfield_re = KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)')
for param in args:
- if KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)').match(param):
- r = KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)')
- if not r.match(param):
- self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {param}")
- continue
-
- param = r.group(1)
-
+ r = KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)')
+ if r.match(param):
self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, r.group(2),
f"{dtype} {r.group(1)}",
arg, declaration_name)
- elif KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)').search(param):
- r = KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)')
- if not r.match(param):
- self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {param}")
- continue
-
+ elif bitfield_re.search(param):
if dtype != "": # Skip unnamed bit-fields
- self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, r.group(1),
- f"{dtype}:{r.group(2)}",
+ self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, bitfield_re.group(1),
+ f"{dtype}:{bitfield_re.group(2)}",
arg, declaration_name)
else:
self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, param, dtype,