The is_define_proto case in dump_function() uses a regex with an empty capture group - () - that has no use; just take it out. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> --- scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py index decd127df82e..f9be5414244d 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py +++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py @@ -972,11 +972,11 @@ class KernelDoc: found = False if is_define_proto: - r = KernRe(r'^()(' + name + r')\s+') + r = KernRe(r'^(' + name + r')\s+') if r.search(prototype): return_type = '' - declaration_name = r.group(2) + declaration_name = r.group(1) func_macro = True found = True -- 2.51.0