From f600c77aeaff6e59806d7eef9ac269a7c1a6d817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:18:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: ignore __counted_by attribute in structure definitions kernel-doc appeared to ignore __counted_by, but appearances can be deceiving; it caused member names to not be recognized, which manifested as a number of spurious "Excess struct member" warnings. Filter that attribute out and reduce the warning onslaught slightly. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- scripts/kernel-doc | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index df158c3a9abc..6acc39c56ac3 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ sub dump_struct($$) { # strip attributes $members =~ s/\s*$attribute/ /gi; $members =~ s/\s*__aligned\s*\([^;]*\)/ /gos; + $members =~ s/\s*__counted_by\s*\([^;]*\)/ /gos; $members =~ s/\s*__packed\s*/ /gos; $members =~ s/\s*CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR/ /gos; $members =~ s/\s*____cacheline_aligned_in_smp/ /gos;