linux-kernel - [RFC] scripts: kernel-doc: fix array element capture in pointer-to-func parsing

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Message-Id: <20210217145625.14006-1-yashsri421@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:26:25 +0530
From:   Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
To:     corbet@....net
Cc:     yashsri421@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] scripts: kernel-doc: fix array element capture in pointer-to-func parsing

Currently, kernel-doc causes an unexpected error when array element (i.e.,
"type (*foo[bar])(args)") is present as pointer parameter in
pointer-to-function parsing.

For e.g., running kernel-doc -none on kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c causes this
error:
"Use of uninitialized value $param in regexp compilation at ...", in
combination with:
"warning: Function parameter or member '' not described in 'gcov_info'"

Here, the parameter parsing does not take into account the presence of
array element (i.e. square brackets) in $param.

Provide a simple fix by adding square brackets in the regex, responsible
for capturing $param.

A quick evaluation, by running 'kernel-doc -none' on entire kernel-tree,
reveals that no additional warning or error has been added or removed by
the fix.

Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
---
* Applies perfectly over next-20210217

 scripts/kernel-doc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index e046e16e4411..8b5bc7bf4bb8 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ sub create_parameterlist($$$$) {
 	} elsif ($arg =~ m/\(.+\)\s*\(/) {
 	    # pointer-to-function
 	    $arg =~ tr/#/,/;
-	    $arg =~ m/[^\(]+\(\*?\s*([\w\.]*)\s*\)/;
+	    $arg =~ m/[^\(]+\(\*?\s*([\w\[\]\.]*)\s*\)/;
 	    $param = $1;
 	    $type = $arg;
 	    $type =~ s/([^\(]+\(\*?)\s*$param/$1/;
-- 
2.17.1