[PATCH 3/8] docs: kernel-doc: Move STATE_NORMAL processing into its own function

[Jonathan Corbet]

Begin the process of splitting up the nearly 500-line process_file()
function by moving STATE_NORMAL processing to a separate function.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <cor...@lwn.net>
---
 scripts/kernel-doc | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index ad30c52f91ef..65150b7c8472 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1780,6 +1780,21 @@ sub process_export_file($) {
     close(IN);
 }
 
+#
+# Parsers for the various processing states.
+#
+# STATE_NORMAL: looking for the /** to begin everything.
+#
+sub process_normal() {
+    if (/$doc_start/o) {
+       $state = STATE_NAME;    # next line is always the function name
+       $in_doc_sect = 0;
+       $declaration_start_line = $. + 1;
+    }
+}
+
+
+
 sub process_file($) {
     my $file;
     my $identifier;
@@ -1807,11 +1822,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
        # Replace tabs by spaces
         while ($_ =~ s/\t+/' ' x (length($&) * 8 - length($`) % 8)/e) {};
        if ($state == STATE_NORMAL) {
-           if (/$doc_start/o) {
-               $state = STATE_NAME;    # next line is always the function name
-               $in_doc_sect = 0;
-               $declaration_start_line = $. + 1;
-           }
+           process_normal();
        } elsif ($state == STATE_NAME) {# this line is the function name 
(always)
            if (/$doc_block/o) {
                $state = STATE_DOCBLOCK;
-- 
2.14.3