linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/14] docs: kdoc_parser: fix the default

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Message-ID: <8ddd54068e779a0258d4f007bd0a8667c42175c5.1769508371.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:13:27 +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 08/14] docs: kdoc_parser: fix the default_value logic for variables

The indentation is wrong for the second regex, which causes
problems on variables with defaults.

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 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
index 94721d6a8204..85f4e90c49c8 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -1018,9 +1018,9 @@ class KernelDoc:
             default_val = r.group(2)
         else:
             r= KernRe(OPTIONAL_VAR_ATTR + r"(?:[\w_]*)?\s+(?:\*+)?(?:[\w_]+)\s*[\d\]\[]*\s*(=.*)?")
-        if r.match(proto):
-            default_val = r.group(1)
 
+            if r.match(proto):
+                default_val = r.group(1)
         if not declaration_name:
            self.emit_msg(ln,f"{proto}: can't parse variable")
            return
-- 
2.52.0