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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2007-02-10 01:45:53 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-11 10:51:32 -0800
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[PATCH] kernel-doc: allow a little whitespace
In kernel-doc syntax, be a little flexible: allow whitespace between a function parameter name and the colon that must follow it, such as: @pdev : PCI device to unplug (This allows lots of megaraid kernel-doc to work without tons of editing.) Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt2
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/kernel-doc4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 284e7e198e93..6ca507f40749 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The format of the block comment is like this:
/**
* function_name(:)? (- short description)?
-(* @parameterx: (description of parameter x)?)*
+(* @parameterx(space)*: (description of parameter x)?)*
(* a blank line)?
* (Description:)? (Description of function)?
* (section header: (section description)? )*
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 8a4ec43a4985..35d7fd9a1e65 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ use strict;
# * my_function
# **/
#
-# If the Description: header tag is ommitted, then there must be a blank line
+# If the Description: header tag is omitted, then there must be a blank line
# after the last parameter specification.
# e.g.
# /**
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ my $doc_start = '^/\*\*\s*$'; # Allow whitespace at end of comment start.
my $doc_end = '\*/';
my $doc_com = '\s*\*\s*';
my $doc_decl = $doc_com.'(\w+)';
-my $doc_sect = $doc_com.'(['.$doc_special.']?[\w ]+):(.*)';
+my $doc_sect = $doc_com.'(['.$doc_special.']?[\w\s]+):(.*)';
my $doc_content = $doc_com.'(.*)';
my $doc_block = $doc_com.'DOC:\s*(.*)?';