The regex in the BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE case was looking for lines starting
with " * ", where exactly one space was allowed before the following text.
There are many kerneldoc comments where the authors have put multiple
spaces instead, leading to mis-formatting of the documentation.
Specifically, in this case, the description portion is associated with the
last of the parameters.
Allow multiple spaces in this context.
See, for example, synchronize_hardirq() and how its documentation is
formatted before and after the change.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 42b2e0936b72..c46e1b6a7d4b 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
"""
if self.state == state.BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE:
- r = KernRe(r"\s*\*\s?\S")
+ r = KernRe(r"\s*\*\s*\S")
if r.match(line):
self.dump_section()
self.entry.section = SECTION_DEFAULT
--
2.49.0
