Re: [PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc: handle object-like macros

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 06/30/14 06:51, Horia Geantă wrote:
> On 6/29/2014 5:52 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 06/23/14 05:15, Horia Geanta wrote:
>>> Object-like macros are different than function-like macros:
>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Object-like-Macros.html
>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Function-like-Macros.html
>>>
>>> They are not parsed correctly, generating invalid intermediate
>>> files (xmls) for cases like:
>>>      #define BIT_MASK    (0xFF << BIT_SHIFT)
>>> where "OxFF <<" is considered to be parameter type.
>>>
>>> When parsing, we can differentiate beween these two types of macros by
> 
>                                      between.
> 
>>> checking whether there is at least one whitespace b/w "#define" and
>>> first opening paranthesis.
>>
>>                  parenthesis.
> 
> Thanks, I'll fix both typos in v2.
> 
>>
>> Where did you see a problem?  I tested the patch and all of the
>> Documentation/DocBook/*.xml files are the same without or with the patch.
>>
> 
> Indeed, right now there is no kernel-doc for "object-like" macros in Docbook.
> 
> I am preparing documentation for not-yet-upstreamed code in drivers/crypto/caam and I thought it would be useful to use kernel-doc for some of the #defines.

OK, thanks for the explanation.  I am applying your patch.

> Doc would look like this (no @param list, no "Return" section, only a description):
> 
> /**
>  * DEFAULT_SEC_ERA - the default value for the SEC era in case the user
>  * provides an unsupported value.
>  */
> #define DEFAULT_SEC_ERA 6


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~Randy