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diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 46e7aff80d1..16a07cfa4d3 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ use strict;
# should document the "Context:" of the function, e.g. whether the functions
# can be called form interrupts. Unlike other sections you can end it with an
# empty line.
+# A non-void function should have a "Return:" section describing the return
+# value(s).
# Example-sections should contain the string EXAMPLE so that they are marked
# appropriately in DocBook.
#
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ my $man_date = ('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
'July', 'August', 'September', 'October',
'November', 'December')[(localtime)[4]] .
" " . ((localtime)[5]+1900);
+my $show_not_found = 0;
# Essentially these are globals.
# They probably want to be tidied up, made more localised or something.
@@ -315,6 +318,7 @@ my $section_default = "Description"; # default section
my $section_intro = "Introduction";
my $section = $section_default;
my $section_context = "Context";
+my $section_return = "Return";
my $undescribed = "-- undescribed --";
@@ -366,6 +370,8 @@ while ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^-(.*)/) {
usage();
} elsif ($cmd eq '-no-doc-sections') {
$no_doc_sections = 1;
+ } elsif ($cmd eq '-show-not-found') {
+ $show_not_found = 1;
}
}
@@ -1747,7 +1753,7 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
# strip kmemcheck_bitfield_{begin,end}.*;
$members =~ s/kmemcheck_bitfield_.*?;//gos;
# strip attributes
- $members =~ s/__aligned\s*\(\d+\)//gos;
+ $members =~ s/__aligned\s*\(.+\)//gos;
create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file);
check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "struct", $sectcheck, $struct_actual, $nested);
@@ -2039,12 +2045,35 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
}
##
+# Checks the section describing the return value of a function.
+sub check_return_section {
+ my $file = shift;
+ my $declaration_name = shift;
+ my $return_type = shift;
+
+ # Ignore an empty return type (It's a macro)
+ # Ignore functions with a "void" return type. (But don't ignore "void *")
+ if (($return_type eq "") || ($return_type =~ /void\s*\w*\s*$/)) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!defined($sections{$section_return}) ||
+ $sections{$section_return} eq "") {
+ print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): " .
+ "No description found for return value of " .
+ "'$declaration_name'\n";
+ ++$warnings;
+ }
+}
+
+##
# takes a function prototype and the name of the current file being
# processed and spits out all the details stored in the global
# arrays/hashes.
sub dump_function($$) {
my $prototype = shift;
my $file = shift;
+ my $noret = 0;
$prototype =~ s/^static +//;
$prototype =~ s/^extern +//;
@@ -2054,12 +2083,11 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
$prototype =~ s/^__inline +//;
$prototype =~ s/^__always_inline +//;
$prototype =~ s/^noinline +//;
- $prototype =~ s/__devinit +//;
$prototype =~ s/__init +//;
$prototype =~ s/__init_or_module +//;
$prototype =~ s/__must_check +//;
$prototype =~ s/__weak +//;
- $prototype =~ s/^#\s*define\s+//; #ak added
+ my $define = $prototype =~ s/^#\s*define\s+//; #ak added
$prototype =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z,]*\)\)//;
# Yes, this truly is vile. We are looking for:
@@ -2078,7 +2106,15 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
# - atomic_set (macro)
# - pci_match_device, __copy_to_user (long return type)
- if ($prototype =~ m/^()([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
+ if ($define && $prototype =~ m/^()([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s+/) {
+ # This is an object-like macro, it has no return type and no parameter
+ # list.
+ # Function-like macros are not allowed to have spaces between
+ # declaration_name and opening parenthesis (notice the \s+).
+ $return_type = $1;
+ $declaration_name = $2;
+ $noret = 1;
+ } elsif ($prototype =~ m/^()([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
$prototype =~ m/^(\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s*\*)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
@@ -2101,14 +2137,22 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
create_parameterlist($args, ',', $file);
} else {
- print STDERR "Error(${file}:$.): cannot understand prototype: '$prototype'\n";
- ++$errors;
+ print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): cannot understand function prototype: '$prototype'\n";
return;
}
my $prms = join " ", @parameterlist;
check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms, "");
+ # This check emits a lot of warnings at the moment, because many
+ # functions don't have a 'Return' doc section. So until the number
+ # of warnings goes sufficiently down, the check is only performed in
+ # verbose mode.
+ # TODO: always perform the check.
+ if ($verbose && !$noret) {
+ check_return_section($file, $declaration_name, $return_type);
+ }
+
output_declaration($declaration_name,
'function',
{'function' => $declaration_name,
@@ -2503,6 +2547,9 @@ sub process_file($) {
}
if ($initial_section_counter == $section_counter) {
print STDERR "Warning(${file}): no structured comments found\n";
+ if (($function_only == 1) && ($show_not_found == 1)) {
+ print STDERR " Was looking for '$_'.\n" for keys %function_table;
+ }
if ($output_mode eq "xml") {
# The template wants at least one RefEntry here; make one.
print "<refentry>\n";