linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 09/12] docs: kdoc: straighten up dump

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20250710233142.246524-10-corbet@lwn.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:31:39 -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 v2 09/12] docs: kdoc: straighten up dump_declaration()

Get rid of the excess "return" statements in dump_declaration(), along with
a line of never-executed dead code.

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 15 +++++----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 6e35e508608b..7191fa94e17a 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -878,18 +878,13 @@ class KernelDoc:
 
         if self.entry.decl_type == "enum":
             self.dump_enum(ln, prototype)
-            return
-
-        if self.entry.decl_type == "typedef":
+        elif self.entry.decl_type == "typedef":
             self.dump_typedef(ln, prototype)
-            return
-
-        if self.entry.decl_type in ["union", "struct"]:
+        elif self.entry.decl_type in ["union", "struct"]:
             self.dump_struct(ln, prototype)
-            return
-
-        self.output_declaration(self.entry.decl_type, prototype,
-                                entry=self.entry)
+        else:
+            # This would be a bug
+            self.emit_message(ln, f'Unknown declaration type: {self.entry.decl_type}')
 
     def dump_function(self, ln, prototype):
         """
-- 
2.49.0