[RFC v2] scripts: kernel-doc: fix attribute capture in function parsing

[Aditya Srivastava]

Currently, kernel-doc warns for function prototype parsing on the
presence of attributes "__attribute_const__" and "__flatten" in the
definition.

There are 166 occurrences in ~70 files in the kernel tree for
"__attribute_const__" and 5 occurrences in 4 files for "__flatten".

Out of 166, there are 3 occurrences in three different files with
"__attribute_const__" and a preceding kernel-doc; and, 1 occurrence in
./mm/percpu.c for "__flatten" with a preceding kernel-doc. All other
occurrences have no preceding kernel-doc.

Add support for  "__attribute_const__" and "__flatten" attributes.

A quick evaluation by running 'kernel-doc -none' on kernel-tree reveals
that no additional warning or error has been added or removed by the fix.

Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421 at gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Remove "__attribute_const__" from the $return_type capture regex and add to the substituting ones.
- Add support for "__flatten" attribute
- Modify commit message

 scripts/kernel-doc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 68df17877384..e1e562b2e2e7 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1766,12 +1766,14 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
     $prototype =~ s/^noinline +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__init +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__init_or_module +//;
+    $prototype =~ s/__flatten +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__meminit +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__must_check +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__weak +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__sched +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__printf\s*\(\s*\d*\s*,\s*\d*\s*\) +//;
     my $define = $prototype =~ s/^#\s*define\s+//; #ak added
+    $prototype =~ s/__attribute_const__ +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\(
             (?:
                  [\w\s]++          # attribute name
-- 
2.17.1