linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 02/12] docs: kdoc: Move a regex line in dump

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Message-ID: <20250807211639.47286-3-corbet@lwn.net>
Date: Thu,  7 Aug 2025 15:16:29 -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 02/12] docs: kdoc: Move a regex line in dump_struct()

The complex struct_members regex was defined far from its use; bring the
two together.  Remove some extraneous backslashes while making the move.

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 93fcd8807aa8..aa6d11bf29b1 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ class KernelDoc:
         ]
 
         definition_body = r'\{(.*)\}\s*' + "(?:" + '|'.join(qualifiers) + ")?"
-        struct_members = KernRe(type_pattern + r'([^\{\};]+)(\{)([^\{\}]*)(\})([^\{\}\;]*)(\;)')
 
         # Extract struct/union definition
         members = None
@@ -683,6 +682,7 @@ class KernelDoc:
         # So, we need to have an extra loop on Python to override such
         # re limitation.
 
+        struct_members = KernRe(type_pattern + r'([^\{\};]+)(\{)([^\{\}]*)(\})([^\{\};]*)(;)')
         while True:
             tuples = struct_members.findall(members)
             if not tuples:
-- 
2.50.1