linux-kernel - [PATCH] kernel-doc: detect trailing kernel-doc line trash

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Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:46:34 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kernel-doc: detect trailing kernel-doc line trash

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Print a warning when a kernel-doc comment block ends with text on the
same line as the ending comment characters, e.g.:

 * this text is lost. */

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
---
 scripts/kernel-doc |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- lin2625-rc8-kdoc.orig/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ lin2625-rc8-kdoc/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1950,6 +1950,11 @@ sub process_file($) {
 		    $section = $section_default;
 		    $contents = "";
 		}
+		# look for doc_com + <text> + doc_end:
+		if ($_ =~ m'\s*\*\s*[a-zA-Z_0-9:\.]+\*/') {
+		    print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): suspicious ending line: $_";
+		    ++$warnings;
+		}
 
 		$prototype = "";
 		$state = 3;
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