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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-12-18 10:30:14 -0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2017-12-21 13:41:46 -0700
commit1081de2d2f9179d7280926e37b7b22b4f2fb32e6 (patch)
treeb328355a3f6697be2c13af0d4077f270528f5337 /scripts/kernel-doc
parent8ad72163165265b686902c182c1b4a913e738a81 (diff)
downloadlinux-1081de2d2f9179d7280926e37b7b22b4f2fb32e6.tar.gz
scripts: kernel-doc: get rid of $nested parameter
The check_sections() function has a $nested parameter, meant
to identify when a nested struct is present. As we now have
a logic that handles it, get rid of such parameter.

Suggested-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/kernel-doc')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/kernel-doc19
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index b0eb1cd6afbe..fadb832733d9 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ sub dump_union($$) {
 sub dump_struct($$) {
     my $x = shift;
     my $file = shift;
-    my $nested;
 
     if ($x =~ /(struct|union)\s+(\w+)\s*{(.*)}/) {
 	my $decl_type = $1;
@@ -1063,11 +1062,9 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 
 	# Ignore other nested elements, like enums
 	$members =~ s/({[^\{\}]*})//g;
-	$nested = $decl_type;
-	$nested =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
 
 	create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file);
-	check_sections($file, $declaration_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $struct_actual, $nested);
+	check_sections($file, $declaration_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $struct_actual);
 
 	# Adjust declaration for better display
 	$declaration =~ s/([{;])/$1\n/g;
@@ -1372,8 +1369,8 @@ sub push_parameter($$$) {
 	$parametertypes{$param} = $type;
 }
 
-sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
-	my ($file, $decl_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $prmscheck, $nested) = @_;
+sub check_sections($$$$$) {
+	my ($file, $decl_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $prmscheck) = @_;
 	my @sects = split ' ', $sectcheck;
 	my @prms = split ' ', $prmscheck;
 	my $err;
@@ -1407,14 +1404,6 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
 					"'$sects[$sx]' " .
 					"description in '$decl_name'\n";
 				++$warnings;
-			} else {
-				if ($nested !~ m/\Q$sects[$sx]\E/) {
-				    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: " .
-					"Excess $decl_type member " .
-					"'$sects[$sx]' " .
-					"description in '$decl_name'\n";
-				    ++$warnings;
-				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1525,7 +1514,7 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
     }
 
 	my $prms = join " ", @parameterlist;
-	check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms, "");
+	check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms);
 
         # This check emits a lot of warnings at the moment, because many
         # functions don't have a 'Return' doc section. So until the number