The regex in this block of code makes no sense, and a quick test shows that
it never matches anything; simply delete the code.
No output changes.
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 5e41acfef7b8..7c739b495d58 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1060,11 +1060,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
return
- # Handle nested parentheses or brackets
- r = KernRe(r'(\(*.\)\s*|\[*.\]\s*);$')
- while r.search(proto):
- proto = r.sub('', proto)
-
# Parse simple typedefs
r = KernRe(r'typedef.*\s+(\w+)\s*;')
if r.match(proto):
--
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