Re: [PATCH 5/6] kernel-doc: nested structs and unions support

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:38:10PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Sam, do you like the syntax? I hope properly indented rendering will
> appear soon.
Looks good. But I like someone with more kernel-doc experince to
comment.
Randy?

	Sam

> ------------------------------------
> [PATCH 5/6] kernel-doc: nested structs and unions support
> 
> Now something like this
> 
> 	struct a {
> 		struct b_s {
> 			union {
> 				int c;
> 				int g;
> 			} u;
> 		} b;
> 		struct d_s {
> 			int e;
> 		} d;
> 	};
> 
> is possible to document with the following kernel-doc comment:
> 
> 	/**
> 	 * struct a - ...
> 	 *
> 	 * @b: ...
> 	 * @b.u: ...
> 	 * @b.u.c: ...
> 	 * @b.u.g: ...
> 	 * @d: ...
> 	 * @d.e: ...
> 	 */
> 
> Not-Yet-Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
>  scripts/kernel-doc |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-kernel-doc-004/scripts/kernel-doc	2005-05-09 02:34:59.000000000 +0000
> +++ linux-kernel-doc-005/scripts/kernel-doc	2005-05-09 03:46:43.000000000 +0000
> @@ -104,19 +104,26 @@ use strict;
>  # Beside functions you can also write documentation for structs, unions, 
>  # enums and typedefs. Instead of the function name you must write the name 
>  # of the declaration;  the struct/union/enum/typedef must always precede 
> -# the name. Nesting of declarations is not supported. 
> +# the name.
>  # Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
>  # e.g.
>  # /**
>  #  * struct my_struct - short description
>  #  * @a: first member
>  #  * @b: second member
> +#  * @c: nested struct
> +#  * @c.p: first member of nested struct
> +#  * @c.q: second member of nested struct
>  #  * 
>  #  * Longer description
>  #  */
>  # struct my_struct {
>  #     int a;
>  #     int b;
> +#     struct her_struct {
> +#         char **p;
> +#         short q;
> +#     } c;
>  # };
>  #
>  # All descriptions can be multiline, except the short function description.
> @@ -156,7 +163,8 @@ my $warnings = 0;
> 
>  # match expressions used to find embedded type information
>  my $type_constant = '\%([-_\w]+)';
>  my $type_func = '(\w+)\(\)';
> -my $type_param = '\@(\w+)';
> +# "." is for nested structs/unions.
> +my $type_param = '\@([\w.]+)';
>  my $type_struct = '\&((struct\s*)?[_\w]+)';
>  my $type_env = '(\$\w+)';
>  
> @@ -262,7 +270,8 @@ my $doc_start = '^/\*\*\s*$'; # Allow wh
>  my $doc_end = '\*/';
>  my $doc_com = '\s*\*\s*';
>  my $doc_decl = $doc_com.'(\w+)';
> -my $doc_sect = $doc_com.'(['.$doc_special.']?[\w ]+):(.*)';
> +# "." is for nested structs/unions.
> +my $doc_sect = $doc_com.'(['.$doc_special.']?[\w .]+):(.*)';
>  my $doc_content = $doc_com.'(.*)';
>  my $doc_block = $doc_com.'DOC:\s*(.*)?';
>  
> @@ -1292,8 +1301,22 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
>          $declaration_name = $2;
>          my $members = $3;
>  
> -	# ignore embedded structs or unions
> -	$members =~ s/{.*?}//g;
> +	# Make nested structs/unions tree flat. Proceed from leaves to root.
> +	# "." is needed when there is more than one level of nest.
> +	while ($members =~ /{([^{]*?)}\s*([\w.]+)/) {
> +	    my $inner_members = $1;
> +	    my $struct_name = $2;
> +
> +	    # Prefix members with the name of the struct/union they are in.
> +	    #	struct a {
> +	    #		char *p;	=>	char *c.p
> +	    #	} c;
> +	    $inner_members =~ s/(\**)\s*([\w.]+)\s*;/ $1$struct_name.$2;/g;
> +
> +	    # Remove the leaf. Prefixed members are promoted to the next level
> +	    # as if they were there from the beginning.
> +	    $members =~ s/{[^{]*?}\s*([\w.]+)\s*;/$1;$inner_members/;
> +	}
>  
>  	create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file);
>  
> 
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