linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/14] docs: kdoc_parser: add some debug for variable parsing

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Message-ID: <0fae69123a26955743ca1a8485fbea87135470a3.1769508371.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:13:28 +0100
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH 09/14] docs: kdoc_parser: add some debug for variable parsing

This is a new parser that we're still fine-tuning. Add some
extra debug messages to help addressing issues over there.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
---
 tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 85f4e90c49c8..38d415778a7c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1016,11 +1016,19 @@ class KernelDoc:
                 declaration_name = r.group(1)
 
             default_val = r.group(2)
+
+            self.config.log.debug("Variable proto parser: %s from '%s'",
+                                  r.groups(), proto)
+
         else:
             r= KernRe(OPTIONAL_VAR_ATTR + r"(?:[\w_]*)?\s+(?:\*+)?(?:[\w_]+)\s*[\d\]\[]*\s*(=.*)?")
 
             if r.match(proto):
                 default_val = r.group(1)
+
+        if default_val:
+            self.config.log.debug("default: '%s'", default_val)
+
         if not declaration_name:
            self.emit_msg(ln,f"{proto}: can't parse variable")
            return
@@ -1028,6 +1036,9 @@ class KernelDoc:
         if default_val:
             default_val = default_val.lstrip("=").strip()
 
+        self.config.log.debug("'%s' variable prototype: '%s', default: %s",
+                              declaration_name, proto, default_val)
+
         self.output_declaration("var", declaration_name,
                                 full_proto=full_proto,
                                 default_val=default_val,
-- 
2.52.0