scripts: kernel-doc: improve parsing for kernel-doc comments syntax

Currently kernel-doc does not identify some cases of probable kernel
doc comments, for e.g. pointer used as declaration type for identifier,
space separated identifier, etc.

Some example of these cases in files can be:
i)" *  journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_dev() - creates and initialises a journal structure"
in fs/jbd2/journal.c

ii) "*      dget, dget_dlock -      get a reference to a dentry" in
include/linux/dcache.h

iii) "  * DEFINE_SEQLOCK(sl) - Define a statically allocated seqlock_t"
in include/linux/seqlock.h

Also improve identification for non-kerneldoc comments. For e.g.,

i) " *	The following functions allow us to read data using a swap map"
in kernel/power/swap.c does follow the kernel-doc like syntax, but the
content inside does not adheres to the expected format.

Improve parsing by adding support for these probable attempts to write
kernel-doc comment.

Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87mtujktl2.fsf@meer.lwn.net
Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210414192529.9080-1-yashsri421@gmail.com
[ jc: fixed some line-length issues ]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 888913528185..2a85d34fdcd0 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -2110,17 +2110,28 @@ sub process_name($$) {
     } elsif (/$doc_decl/o) {
 	$identifier = $1;
 	my $is_kernel_comment = 0;
-	if (/^\s*\*\s*([\w\s]+?)(\(\))?\s*([-:].*)?$/) {
+	my $decl_start = qr{\s*\*};
+	# test for pointer declaration type, foo * bar() - desc
+	my $fn_type = qr{\w+\s*\*\s*}; 
+	my $parenthesis = qr{\(\w*\)};
+	my $decl_end = qr{[-:].*};
+	if (/^$decl_start\s*([\w\s]+?)$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end?$/) {
 	    $identifier = $1;
-	    $decl_type = 'function';
-	    $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//;
-	    $is_kernel_comment = 1;
 	}
 	if ($identifier =~ m/^(struct|union|enum|typedef)\b\s*(\S*)/) {
 	    $decl_type = $1;
 	    $identifier = $2;
 	    $is_kernel_comment = 1;
 	}
+	# Look for foo() or static void foo() - description; or misspelt
+	# identifier
+	elsif (/^$decl_start\s*$fn_type?(\w+)\s*$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end?$/ ||
+	    /^$decl_start\s*$fn_type?(\w+.*)$parenthesis?\s*$decl_end$/) {
+	    $identifier = $1;
+	    $decl_type = 'function';
+	    $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//;
+	    $is_kernel_comment = 1;
+	}
 	$identifier =~ s/\s+$//;
 
 	$state = STATE_BODY;