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Slowackiego 173, 80-298 Gdansk - KRS 101882 - NIP 957-07-52-316 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Since check_sections() now warns if a documentation tag member name is the same as defined in the struct, we can suggest names the checker knows, so that it's more obvious how to deal with the warning. Signed-off-by: Ryszard Knop --- tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py index 2dedda215c22..3f88095eab06 100644 --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py @@ -558,6 +558,13 @@ class KernelDoc: self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, param, dtype, arg, declaration_name) + def get_suggestions_hint(self, decl_name, possible_names): + suggestions = set(name for name in possible_names if decl_name in name) + if not suggestions: + return "" + + return f"(did you mean one of: '{"', '".join(suggestions)}')" + def check_sections(self, ln, decl_name, decl_type): """ Check for errors inside sections, emitting warnings if not found @@ -566,12 +573,13 @@ class KernelDoc: for section in self.entry.sections: if section not in self.entry.parameterlist and \ not known_sections.search(section): + hint = self.get_suggestions_hint(section, self.entry.parameterlist) if decl_type == 'function': dname = f"{decl_type} parameter" else: dname = f"{decl_type} member" self.emit_msg(ln, - f"Excess {dname} '{section}' description in '{decl_name}'") + f"Excess {dname} '{section}' description in '{decl_name}' {hint}") # # Check that documented parameter names (from doc comments, including @@ -591,12 +599,13 @@ class KernelDoc: if param_name in self.entry.parameterlist: continue + hint = self.get_suggestions_hint(param_name, self.entry.parameterlist) if decl_type == 'function': dname = f"{decl_type} parameter" else: dname = f"{decl_type} member" self.emit_msg(ln, - f"Excess {dname} '{param_name}' description in '{decl_name}'") + f"Excess {dname} '{param_name}' description in '{decl_name}' {hint}") def check_return_section(self, ln, declaration_name, return_type): """ -- 2.55.0