linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8] docs: kdoc: remove a bit of dead code

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Message-ID: <20250627184000.132291-4-corbet@lwn.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:39:55 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
	Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] docs: kdoc: remove a bit of dead code

The type_param regex matches "@..." just fine, so the special-case branch
for that in dump_section() is never executed.  Just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index f87355b63c19..9e46cfa20978 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -207,13 +207,6 @@ class KernelEntry:
             self.sectcheck += name + " "
             self.new_start_line = 0
 
-        elif name == "@...":
-            name = "..."
-            self.parameterdescs[name] = contents
-            self.sectcheck += name + " "
-            self.parameterdesc_start_lines[name] = self.new_start_line
-            self.new_start_line = 0
-
         else:
             if name in self.sections and self.sections[name] != "":
                 # Only warn on user-specified duplicate section names
-- 
2.49.0