From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: python: abi_regex: catch the right exception for a bad regex
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:40:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mruslier.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9f6fa7a9aa6ba9a26b484b911976713356b3fd44.1786139549.git.alison.schofield@intel.com>
Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com> writes:
> While validating recent CXL ABI documentation updates with
> get_abi.py, the 'undefined' mode was found to abort instead of
> reporting undocumented ABI entries.
>
> Older Python releases raise re.error, while newer releases expose
> re.PatternError. Catching the compatible re.error exception handles
> both cases.
>
> Use re.error so the scan continues and reports the remaining
> results.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Update commit msg to say catches the compatible re.error (Sashiko)
> - No code change
>
>
> tools/lib/python/abi/abi_regex.py | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
jon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 16:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-07 22:10 [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: python: abi_regex: catch the right exception for a bad regex Alison Schofield
2026-08-07 22:10 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: python: abi_regex: convert adjacent index placeholders Alison Schofield
2026-08-11 16:40 ` Jonathan Corbet
2026-08-11 16:40 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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