The code testing for a pointer declaration in process_name() has no actual
effect on subsequent actions; remove it.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 7c635000f3de..4e1ab28ff7cc 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1229,11 +1229,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
parenthesis = r"(?:\(\w*\))?" # optional parenthesis on function
decl_end = r"(?:[-:].*)" # end of the name part
- # test for pointer declaration type, foo * bar() - desc
- r = KernRe(fr"^{decl_start}([\w\s]+?){parenthesis}?\s*{decl_end}?$")
- if r.search(line):
- self.entry.identifier = r.group(1)
-
# Test for data declaration
r = KernRe(r"^\s*\*?\s*(struct|union|enum|typedef)\b\s*(\w*)")
r2 = KernRe(fr"^{decl_start}{fn_type}(?:define\s+)?(\w+)\s*{parenthesis}\s*{decl_end}?$")
--
2.49.0
