linux-hardening - [PATCH 27/38] docs: kdoc_re: don't remove the trailing ";" with NestedMatch

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Message-ID: <a472199335411724935cf11a75916b78071cb24b.1771408406.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:12:57 +0100
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 27/38] docs: kdoc_re: don't remove the trailing ";" with NestedMatch

Removing it causes the parse to break some conversions, when
NestedMatch is used on macros like __attribute__().

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
---
 tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
index f72b80ea4f1b..e3809aaa0310 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
@@ -361,10 +361,6 @@ class NestedMatch:
 
             out += new_sub
 
-            # Drop end ';' if any
-            if pos < len(line) and line[pos] == ';':
-                pos += 1
-
             cur_pos = pos
             n += 1
 
-- 
2.52.0