entry::is_kernel_comment never had anything to do with the entry itself; it is a bit of local state in one branch of process_name(). It can, in fact, be removed entirely; rework the code slightly so that it is no longer needed. No change in the rendered output. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> --- scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py index 3ea260b423e2..56299695abd1 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py +++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py @@ -1216,7 +1216,6 @@ class KernelDoc: if doc_decl.search(line): self.entry.identifier = doc_decl.group(1) - self.entry.is_kernel_comment = False decl_start = str(doc_com) # comment block asterisk fn_type = r"(?:\w+\s*\*\s*)?" # type (for non-functions) @@ -1234,14 +1233,20 @@ class KernelDoc: if r.search(line): self.entry.decl_type = r.group(1) self.entry.identifier = r.group(2) - self.entry.is_kernel_comment = True # # Look for a function description # elif r2.search(line): self.entry.identifier = r2.group(1) self.entry.decl_type = "function" - self.entry.is_kernel_comment = True + # + # We struck out. + # + else: + self.emit_msg(ln, + f"This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst\n{line}") + self.state = state.NORMAL + return self.entry.identifier = self.entry.identifier.strip(" ") @@ -1263,11 +1268,6 @@ class KernelDoc: else: self.entry.declaration_purpose = "" - if not self.entry.is_kernel_comment: - self.emit_msg(ln, - f"This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst\n{line}") - self.state = state.NORMAL - if not self.entry.declaration_purpose and self.config.wshort_desc: self.emit_msg(ln, f"missing initial short description on line:\n{line}") -- 2.49.0