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Message-ID: <IA3PR11MB898658F0BEB00EA18586E5F4E591A@IA3PR11MB8986.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:47:55 +0000
From: "Loktionov, Aleksandr" <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet
	<corbet@....net>, Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
CC: "bpf@...r.kernel.org" <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...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: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 15/25] docs: kdoc_re: properly handle
 strings and escape chars on it



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf
> Of Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 5:50 PM
> 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: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 15/25] docs: kdoc_re: properly
> handle strings and escape chars on it
> 
> The logic inside NestedMatch currently doesn't consider that function
> arguments may have chars and strings, which may eventually contain
> delimiters.
> 
> Add logic to handle strings and escape characters on them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
> ---
>  tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> index a0402c065d3a..1861799f1966 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> @@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ class NestedMatch:
>          for match_re in regex.finditer(line):
>              start = match_re.start()
>              offset = match_re.end()
> +            string_char = None
> +            escape = False
> 
>              d = line[offset - 1]
>              if d not in self.DELIMITER_PAIRS:
> @@ -208,6 +210,22 @@ class NestedMatch:
> 
>                  d = line[pos]
> 
> +                if escape:
> +                    escape = False
> +                    continue
> +
> +                if string_char:
> +                    if d == '\\':
> +                        escape = True
> +                    elif d == string_char:
> +                        string_char = None
> +
> +                    continue
> +
> +                if d in ('"', "'"):
> +                    string_char = d
> +                    continue
> +
>                  if d in self.DELIMITER_PAIRS:
>                      end = self.DELIMITER_PAIRS[d]
> 
> --
> 2.52.0
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>