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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:04:47 +0200
From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mchehab@...nel.org, me@...in.cc,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] docs: kernel-doc: Get rid of xml_escape() and friends
On Wed, 14 Feb 2018, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> XML escaping is a worry that came with DocBook, which we no longer have any
> dealings with. So get rid of the useless xml_escape()/xml_unescape()
> functions. No change to the generated output.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
> ---
> scripts/kernel-doc | 65 ++++++++----------------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
> index fee8952037b1..5aa4ce211fc6 100755
> --- a/scripts/kernel-doc
> +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
> @@ -553,10 +553,9 @@ sub output_highlight {
> }
> if ($line eq ""){
> if (! $output_preformatted) {
> - print $lineprefix, local_unescape($blankline);
> + print $lineprefix, $blankline;
> }
> } else {
> - $line =~ s/\\\\\\/\&/g;
> if ($output_mode eq "man" && substr($line, 0, 1) eq ".") {
> print "\\&$line";
> } else {
> @@ -751,9 +750,6 @@ sub output_highlight_rst {
> my $contents = join "\n",@_;
> my $line;
>
> - # undo the evil effects of xml_escape() earlier
> - $contents = xml_unescape($contents);
> -
> eval $dohighlight;
> die $@ if $@;
>
> @@ -1422,8 +1418,6 @@ sub push_parameter($$$$) {
> }
> }
>
> - $param = xml_escape($param);
> -
> # strip spaces from $param so that it is one continuous string
> # on @parameterlist;
> # this fixes a problem where check_sections() cannot find
> @@ -1748,47 +1742,6 @@ sub process_proto_type($$) {
> }
> }
>
> -# xml_escape: replace <, >, and & in the text stream;
> -#
> -# however, formatting controls that are generated internally/locally in the
> -# kernel-doc script are not escaped here; instead, they begin life like
> -# $blankline_html (4 of '\' followed by a mnemonic + ':'), then these strings
> -# are converted to their mnemonic-expected output, without the 4 * '\' & ':',
> -# just before actual output; (this is done by local_unescape())
> -sub xml_escape($) {
> - my $text = shift;
> - if ($output_mode eq "man") {
> - return $text;
> - }
> - $text =~ s/\&/\\\\\\amp;/g;
> - $text =~ s/\</\\\\\\lt;/g;
> - $text =~ s/\>/\\\\\\gt;/g;
> - return $text;
> -}
> -
> -# xml_unescape: reverse the effects of xml_escape
> -sub xml_unescape($) {
> - my $text = shift;
> - if ($output_mode eq "man") {
> - return $text;
> - }
> - $text =~ s/\\\\\\amp;/\&/g;
> - $text =~ s/\\\\\\lt;/</g;
> - $text =~ s/\\\\\\gt;/>/g;
> - return $text;
> -}
> -
> -# convert local escape strings to html
> -# local escape strings look like: '\\\\menmonic:' (that's 4 backslashes)
> -sub local_unescape($) {
> - my $text = shift;
> - if ($output_mode eq "man") {
> - return $text;
> - }
> - $text =~ s/\\\\\\\\lt:/</g;
> - $text =~ s/\\\\\\\\gt:/>/g;
> - return $text;
> -}
>
> sub map_filename($) {
> my $file;
> @@ -1889,7 +1842,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> $descr =~ s/^\s*//;
> $descr =~ s/\s*$//;
> $descr =~ s/\s+/ /g;
> - $declaration_purpose = xml_escape($descr);
> + $declaration_purpose = $descr;
> $in_purpose = 1;
> } else {
> $declaration_purpose = "";
> @@ -1944,7 +1897,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: contents before sections\n";
> ++$warnings;
> }
> - dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
> + dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
> $section = $section_default;
> }
>
> @@ -1962,7 +1915,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> $leading_space = undef;
> } elsif (/$doc_end/) {
> if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
> - dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
> + dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
> $section = $section_default;
> $contents = "";
> }
> @@ -1981,7 +1934,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> # @parameter line to signify start of description
> if ($1 eq "") {
> if ($section =~ m/^@/ || $section eq $section_context) {
> - dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
> + dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
> $section = $section_default;
> $contents = "";
> $new_start_line = $.;
> @@ -1992,7 +1945,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> } elsif ($in_purpose == 1) {
> # Continued declaration purpose
> chomp($declaration_purpose);
> - $declaration_purpose .= " " . xml_escape($1);
> + $declaration_purpose .= " " . $1;
> $declaration_purpose =~ s/\s+/ /g;
> } else {
> my $cont = $1;
> @@ -2030,7 +1983,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> # Documentation block end */
> } elsif (/$doc_inline_end/) {
> if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
> - dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
> + dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
> $section = $section_default;
> $contents = "";
> }
> @@ -2057,7 +2010,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> $contents = $2;
> if ($contents ne "") {
> $contents .= "\n";
> - dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
> + dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
> $section = $section_default;
> $contents = "";
> }
> @@ -2072,7 +2025,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
> } elsif ($state == STATE_DOCBLOCK) {
> if (/$doc_end/)
> {
> - dump_doc_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
> + dump_doc_section($file, $section, $contents);
> $section = $section_default;
> $contents = "";
> $function = "";
--
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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