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2025-04-09scripts/kernel-doc.py: move regex methods to a separate fileMauro Carvalho Chehab1-218/+5
In preparation for letting kerneldoc Sphinx extension to import Python libraries, move regex ancillary classes to a separate file. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/64f96b6744435b51894bb4ab7612851d9d054190.1744106241.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-04-09scripts/kernel-doc.py: properly handle struct_group macrosMauro Carvalho Chehab1-7/+213
Handing nested parenthesis with regular expressions is not an easy task. It is even harder with Python's re module, as it has a limited subset of regular expressions, missing more advanced features. We might use instead Python regex module, but still the regular expressions are very hard to understand. So, instead, add a logic to properly match delimiters. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/74dee485f70b7ce85e90496bfdd360283a677a58.1744106241.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-04-09scripts/kernel-doc.py: better handle empty sectionsMauro Carvalho Chehab1-3/+28
While doing the conversion, we opted to skip empty sections (description, return), but this makes harder to see the differences between kernel-doc (Perl) and kernel-doc.py. Also, the logic doesn't always work properly. So, change the way this is done by adding an extra step to remove such sections, doing it only for Return and Description. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1b057092a48ba61d92a411f4f6d505b802913785.1744106241.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-04-09scripts/kernel-doc.py: output warnings the same way as kerneldocMauro Carvalho Chehab1-4/+16
Add a formatter to logging to produce outputs in a similar way to kernel-doc. This should help making it more compatible with existing scripts. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/559f0ad9e6fecfcbb3cc38b6097463bd38d58629.1744106241.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
2025-04-09scripts/kernel-doc.py: add a Python parserMauro Carvalho Chehab1-0/+2832
Maintaining kernel-doc has been a challenge, as there aren't many perl developers among maintainers. Also, the logic there is too complex. Having lots of global variables and using pure functions doesn't help. Rewrite the script in Python, placing most global variables inside classes. This should help maintaining the script in long term. It also allows a better integration with kernel-doc Sphinx extension in the future. I opted to keep this version as close as possible to what we have already in Perl. There are some differences though: 1. There is one regular expression that required a rewrite: /\bSTRUCT_GROUP(\(((?:(?>[^)(]+)|(?1))*)\))[^;]*;/ As this one uses two features that aren't available by the native Python regular expression module (re): - recursive patterns: ?1 - atomic grouping (?>...) Rewrite it to use a much simpler regular expression: /\bSTRUCT_GROUP\(([^\)]+)\)[^;]*;/ Extra care should be taken when validating this script, as such replacement might cause some regressions. 2. The filters are now applied only during output generation. In particular, "nosymbol" argument is only handled there. It means that, if the same file is processed twice for different symbols, the warnings will be duplicated. I opted to use this behavior as it allows the Sphinx extension to read the file(s) only once, and apply the filtering only when producing the ReST output. This hopefully will help to speed up doc generation 3. This version can handle multiple files and multiple directories. So, if one just wants to produce a big output with everything inside a file, this could be done with $ time ./scripts/kernel-doc.py -man . 2>/dev/null >new real 0m54.592s user 0m53.345s sys 0m0.997s 4. I tried to replicate as much as possible the same arguments from kernel-doc, with about the same behavior, for the command line parameters starting with a single dash (-parameter). I also added one letter aliases for each parameter, and a --parameter (sometimes with a better name). 5. There are some sutile nuances between how Perl handles certain regular expressions. In special, the qr operatior, which compiles a regular expression also works as a non-capturing group. It means that some regexes like this one: my $type1 = qr{[\w\s]+}; needs to be mapped as: type1 = r'(?:[\w\s]+)?' Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2fa671a9fb08d03a376a42d46cc0b1d3aab4ae3f.1744106241.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org