[PATCH v2 03/28] docs: kdoc: don't add broken comments inside prototypes

Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-03-12T14:54:57Z

Parsing a file like drivers/scsi/isci/host.h, which contains
broken kernel-doc markups makes it create a prototype that contains
unmatched end comments.

That causes, for instance, struct sci_power_control to be shown this
this prototype:

struct sci_power_control {
* it is not. */ bool timer_started;
*/ struct sci_timer timer;
* requesters field. */ u8 phys_waiting;
*/ u8 phys_granted_power;
* mapped into requesters via struct sci_phy.phy_index */ struct isci_phy *requesters[SCI_MAX_PHYS];
};

as comments won't start with "/*" anymore.

Fix the logic to detect such cases, and keep adding the comments
inside it.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Message-ID: <18e577dbbd538dcc22945ff139fe3638344e14f0.1773074166.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index edf70ba139a5..086579d00b5c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1355,6 +1355,12 @@ class KernelDoc:
elif doc_content.search(line):
self.emit_msg(ln, f"Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: {line}")
self.state = state.PROTO
+
+ #
+ # Don't let it add partial comments at the code, as breaks the
+ # logic meant to remove comments from prototypes.
+ #
+ self.process_proto_type(ln, "/**\n" + line)
# else ... ??

def process_inline_text(self, ln, line):
--
2.52.0