linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 11/22] scripts/get_abi.pl: add a handler for invalid "where" tag

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Message-Id: <1b6ffc81e3c02368eb3e363cdd64acb1d1b87d32.1561050806.git.mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:23:03 -0300
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>
To:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 11/22] scripts/get_abi.pl: add a handler for invalid "where" tag

The ABI README file doesn't provide any meaning for a Where:
tag. Yet, a few ABI symbols use it. So, make the parser
handle it, emitting a warning.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>
---
 scripts/get_abi.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/get_abi.pl b/scripts/get_abi.pl
index 329ace635ac2..c5038a0a7313 100755
--- a/scripts/get_abi.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_abi.pl
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ sub parse_abi {
 				}
 			}
 
+			# Invalid, but it is a common mistake
+			if ($new_tag eq "where") {
+				parse_error($file, $ln, "tag 'Where' is invalid. Should be 'What:' instead", $_);
+				$new_tag = "what";
+			}
+
 			if ($new_tag =~ m/what/) {
 				$space = "";
 				if ($tag =~ m/what/) {
-- 
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