> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf
> Of Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 5:50 PM
> To: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>; Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-
> [email protected]>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>;
> [email protected]; [email protected]; linux-
> [email protected]; [email protected]; Peter Zijlstra
> <[email protected]>; Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>; Stephen
> Rothwell <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 09/25] docs: kdoc_parser: add
> some debug for variable parsing
>
> This is a new parser that we're still fine-tuning. Add some extra
> debug messages to help addressing issues over there.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> ---
> tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> index cbfdaba39494..ccee4e0bcaab 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -1033,11 +1033,19 @@ class KernelDoc:
> declaration_name = r.group(1)
>
> default_val = r.group(2)
> +
> + self.config.log.debug("Variable proto parser: %s from
> '%s'",
> + r.groups(), proto)
> +
> else:
> r= KernRe(OPTIONAL_VAR_ATTR +
> r"(?:[\w_]*)?\s+(?:\*+)?(?:[\w_]+)\s*[\d\]\[]*\s*(=.*)?")
>
> if r.match(proto):
> default_val = r.group(1)
> +
> + if default_val:
> + self.config.log.debug("default: '%s'", default_val)
> +
> if not declaration_name:
> self.emit_msg(ln,f"{proto}: can't parse variable")
> return
> @@ -1045,6 +1053,9 @@ class KernelDoc:
> if default_val:
> default_val = default_val.lstrip("=").strip()
>
> + self.config.log.debug("'%s' variable prototype: '%s',
> default: %s",
> + declaration_name, proto, default_val)
> +
> self.output_declaration("var", declaration_name,
> full_proto=full_proto,
> default_val=default_val,
> --
> 2.52.0
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]>
