> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf
> Of Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2026 9:08 AM
> To: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>; Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-
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> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>;
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> Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3 18/30] docs: kdoc_re: Change
> NestedMath args replacement to \0
> 
> Future patches will allow parsing each argument instead of the hole
> set. Prepare for it by changing the replace all args from
> \1 to \0.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
> ---
>  tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 2 +-
>  tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py     | 9 +++++----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> index db140363104a..4d52a00acfad 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
> @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct_xforms = [
>  # is allowed.
>  #
>  struct_nested_prefixes = [
> -    (re.compile(r'\bSTRUCT_GROUP\('), r'\1'),
> +    (re.compile(r'\bSTRUCT_GROUP\('), r'\0'),
>  ]
> 
>  #
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> index 7b7ddc50ac36..8933e1a62776 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
> @@ -289,8 +289,9 @@ class NestedMatch:
>          It matches a regex that it is followed by a delimiter,
>          replacing occurrences only if all delimiters are paired.
> 
> -        if r'\1' is used, it works just like re: it places there the
> -        matched paired data with the delimiter stripped.
> +        if r'\0' is used, it works on a similar way of using
> re.group(0):
> +        it places the entire args of the matched paired data, with
> the
> +        delimiter stripped.
> 
>          If count is different than zero, it will replace at most
> count
>          items.
> @@ -306,9 +307,9 @@ class NestedMatch:
>              # Value, ignoring start/end delimiters
>              value = line[end:pos - 1]
> 
> -            # replaces \1 at the sub string, if \1 is used there
> +            # replaces \0 at the sub string, if \0 is used there
>              new_sub = sub
> -            new_sub = new_sub.replace(r'\1', value)
> +            new_sub = new_sub.replace(r'\0', value)
> 
>              out += new_sub
> 
> --
> 2.52.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]>

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