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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index d6d2b6e0b4eb..888913528185 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -2109,15 +2109,17 @@ sub process_name($$) {
}
} elsif (/$doc_decl/o) {
$identifier = $1;
- if (/\s*([\w\s]+?)(\(\))?\s*([-:].*)?$/) {
+ my $is_kernel_comment = 0;
+ if (/^\s*\*\s*([\w\s]+?)(\(\))?\s*([-:].*)?$/) {
$identifier = $1;
+ $decl_type = 'function';
+ $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//;
+ $is_kernel_comment = 1;
}
if ($identifier =~ m/^(struct|union|enum|typedef)\b\s*(\S*)/) {
$decl_type = $1;
$identifier = $2;
- } else {
- $decl_type = 'function';
- $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//;
+ $is_kernel_comment = 1;
}
$identifier =~ s/\s+$//;
@@ -2139,6 +2141,13 @@ sub process_name($$) {
$declaration_purpose = "";
}
+ if (!$is_kernel_comment) {
+ print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst\n";
+ print STDERR $_;
+ ++$warnings;
+ $state = STATE_NORMAL;
+ }
+
if (($declaration_purpose eq "") && $verbose) {
print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: missing initial short description on line:\n";
print STDERR $_;