linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 16/25] docs: kdoc_re: better show KernRe() at documentation

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Message-ID: <56e007be74d8572c7c695d811e72e70447c466aa.1769617841.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:50:14 +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>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH v2 16/25] docs: kdoc_re: better show KernRe() at documentation

the __repr__() function is used by autodoc to document macro
initialization.

Add a better representation for them.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
---
 tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
index 1861799f1966..f082f82bad67 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ class KernRe:
         return self.regex.pattern
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f're.compile("{self.regex.pattern}")'
+        if self.regex.flags:
+            return f'KernRe("{self.regex.pattern}", {self.regex.flags})'
+        else:
+            return f'KernRe("{self.regex.pattern}")'
 
     def __add__(self, other):
         """
-- 
2.52.0