kernel-doc: detect trailing kernel-doc line trash Print a warning when a kernel-doc comment block ends with text on the same line as the ending comment characters, e.g.: * this text is lost. */ Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index 99364a5..83cee18 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1950,6 +1950,11 @@ $section = $section_default; $contents = ""; } + # look for doc_com + <text> + doc_end: + if ($_ =~ m'\s*\*\s*[a-zA-Z_0-9:\.]+\*/') { + print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): suspicious ending line: $_"; + ++$warnings; + } $prototype = ""; $state = 3;