linux/scripts
Quentin Monnet 6f96674dbd bpf: relax constraints on formatting for eBPF helper documentation
The Python script used to parse and extract eBPF helpers documentation
from include/uapi/linux/bpf.h expects a very specific formatting for the
descriptions (single dot represents a space, '>' stands for a tab):

    /*
     ...
     *.int bpf_helper(list of arguments)
     *.>    Description
     *.>    >       Start of description
     *.>    >       Another line of description
     *.>    >       And yet another line of description
     *.>    Return
     *.>    >       0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure
     ...
     */

This is too strict, and painful for developers who wants to add
documentation for new helpers. Worse, it is extremely difficult to check
that the formatting is correct during reviews. Change the format
expected by the script and make it more flexible. The script now works
whether or not the initial space (right after the star) is present, and
accepts both tabs and white spaces (or a combination of both) for
indenting description sections and contents.

Concretely, something like the following would now be supported:

    /*
     ...
     *int bpf_helper(list of arguments)
     *......Description
     *.>    >       Start of description...
     *>     >       Another line of description
     *..............And yet another line of description
     *>     Return
     *.>    ........0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure
     ...
     */

While at it, remove unnecessary carets from each regex used with match()
in the script. They are redundant, as match() tries to match from the
beginning of the string by default.

v2: Remove unnecessary caret when a regex is used with match().

Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2018-05-02 17:46:50 +02:00
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basic kbuild: move include/config/ksym/* to include/ksym/* 2018-03-26 02:01:23 +09:00
coccinelle Linux 4.16-rc7 2018-03-28 14:30:41 +10:00
dtc Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
gcc-plugins security: convert security hooks to use hlist 2018-03-31 13:18:27 +11:00
gdb scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py: fix get_thread_info 2018-01-19 10:09:41 -08:00
genksyms kbuild: add %.lex.c and %.tab.[ch] to 'targets' automatically 2018-04-07 19:04:02 +09:00
kconfig kconfig: extend output of 'listnewconfig' 2018-04-13 23:23:11 +09:00
ksymoops Fix dead URLs to ftp.kernel.org 2017-03-28 16:16:52 +02:00
mod mn10300: Remove the architecture 2018-03-09 23:19:56 +01:00
package kbuild: rpm-pkg: use kernel-install as a fallback for new-kernel-pkg 2018-04-13 23:18:41 +09:00
selinux Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
tracing License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
.gitignore Docs: clean up some DocBook loose ends 2017-06-23 14:17:38 -06:00
Kbuild.include Kbuild: fix # escaping in .cmd files for future Make 2018-04-11 00:03:02 +09:00
Lindent License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.asm-generic Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Makefile.build kbuild: mark $(targets) as .SECONDARY and remove .PRECIOUS markers 2018-04-07 19:04:02 +09:00
Makefile.clean License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.dtbinst DeviceTree for 4.15: 2017-11-14 18:25:40 -08:00
Makefile.extrawarn Kbuild: suppress packed-not-aligned warning for default setting only 2018-01-18 09:37:53 +09:00
Makefile.gcc-plugins License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.headersinst Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Makefile.host kbuild: use HOSTLDFLAGS for single .c executables 2018-04-07 19:04:02 +09:00
Makefile.kasan kasan: rework Kconfig settings 2018-02-06 18:32:47 -08:00
Makefile.kcov Makefile: support flag -fsanitizer-coverage=trace-cmp 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
Makefile.lib kbuild: mark $(targets) as .SECONDARY and remove .PRECIOUS markers 2018-04-07 19:04:02 +09:00
Makefile.modbuiltin License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.modinst License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.modpost Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Makefile.modsign License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.ubsan lib/ubsan: remove returns-nonnull-attribute checks 2018-02-06 18:32:46 -08:00
adjust_autoksyms.sh Kbuild updates for v4.17 2018-04-03 15:51:22 -07:00
asn1_compiler.c kbuild: rename *-asn1.[ch] to *.asn1.[ch] 2018-04-07 19:04:02 +09:00
bloat-o-meter syscalls/core, syscalls/x86: Clean up compat syscall stub naming convention 2018-04-09 16:47:28 +02:00
bootgraph.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
bpf_helpers_doc.py bpf: relax constraints on formatting for eBPF helper documentation 2018-05-02 17:46:50 +02:00
check_00index.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
check_extable.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
checkincludes.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
checkkconfigsymbols.py checkkconfigsymbols.py: support Kconfig's 'imply' statement 2017-02-03 11:49:06 +01:00
checkpatch.pl checkpatch: whinge about bool bitfields 2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
checkstack.pl scripts/checkstack.pl: remove blackfin support 2018-03-26 15:56:15 +02:00
checksyscalls.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
checkversion.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
clang-version.sh kbuild: add clang-version.sh 2018-03-26 02:01:18 +09:00
cleanfile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
cleanpatch License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
coccicheck Coccinelle: coccicheck: fix typo 2018-02-02 00:21:47 +09:00
config License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
conmakehash.c kbuild: trivial - remove trailing spaces 2014-04-30 17:34:32 +02:00
const_structs.checkpatch const_structs.checkpatch: add frequently used from Julia Lawall's list 2016-10-11 15:06:30 -07:00
decode_stacktrace.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
decodecode scripts/decodecode: make it take multiline Code line 2018-01-31 17:18:34 -08:00
depmod.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
diffconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
documentation-file-ref-check Documentation: add script and build target to check for broken file references 2017-10-12 11:07:42 -06:00
export_report.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
extract-cert.c KEYS: Remove unnecessary header #inclusions from extract-cert.c 2015-09-25 16:31:45 +01:00
extract-ikconfig scripts/extract-ikconfig: Support LZ4-compressed images. 2015-04-15 14:01:12 +02:00
extract-module-sig.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extract-sys-certs.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extract-vmlinux
extract_xc3028.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
faddr2line scripts/faddr2line: show the code context 2018-04-05 21:36:21 -07:00
file-size.sh kbuild: Use ls(1) instead of stat(1) to obtain file size 2018-03-26 02:01:24 +09:00
find-unused-docs.sh scripts: Add a script to find unused documentation 2017-10-23 08:01:37 -06:00
gcc-goto.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-ld License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-plugin.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-version.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gen_initramfs_list.sh kbuild: Improve portability of some sed invocations 2018-03-26 02:01:18 +09:00
get_dvb_firmware scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
get_maintainer.pl get_maintainer: add more --self-test options 2017-11-17 16:10:01 -08:00
gfp-translate
headerdep.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
headers.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
headers_check.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
headers_install.sh kbuild: Improve portability of some sed invocations 2018-03-26 02:01:18 +09:00
insert-sys-cert.c KEYS: Reserve an extra certificate symbol for inserting without recompiling 2016-02-26 15:30:20 +00:00
kallsyms.c arm64 updates for 4.17 2018-04-04 16:01:43 -07:00
kernel-doc docs: kernel-doc: fix parsing of arrays 2018-03-29 15:27:42 -06:00
ld-version.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
leaking_addresses.pl leaking_addresses: check if file name contains address 2018-04-07 08:50:34 +10:00
link-vmlinux.sh kbuild: Use ls(1) instead of stat(1) to obtain file size 2018-03-26 02:01:24 +09:00
makelst License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
markup_oops.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
mkcompile_h Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
mkmakefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
mksysmap mksysmap: Add h8300 local symbol pattern 2015-06-23 13:35:47 +09:00
mkuboot.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
module-common.lds module: set .init_array alignment to 8 2017-03-13 09:40:28 -07:00
namespace.pl kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
objdiff scripts: objdiff: Ignore debug info when comparing 2017-03-11 11:13:38 +09:00
parse-maintainers.pl parse-maintainers: add ability to specify filenames 2017-11-17 16:10:01 -08:00
patch-kernel License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
pnmtologo.c kbuild: trivial - remove trailing empty lines 2014-06-10 00:04:06 +02:00
profile2linkerlist.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
prune-kernel License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
recordmcount.c Drop a bunch of metag references 2018-02-23 14:29:59 +00:00
recordmcount.h recordmcount: Fix endianness handling bug for nop_mcount 2015-11-03 10:45:26 -05:00
recordmcount.pl RISC-V changes for 4.17 2018-04-04 16:43:47 -07:00
setlocalversion License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
show_delta kbuild: trivial - remove trailing empty lines 2014-06-10 00:04:06 +02:00
sign-file.c sign-file: fix build error in sign-file.c with libressl 2017-02-10 12:43:47 +11:00
sortextable.c powerpc: Build-time sort the exception table 2016-11-14 11:11:51 +11:00
sortextable.h scripts/sortextable: suppress warning: `relocs_size' may be used uninitialized 2014-10-14 02:18:23 +02:00
spelling.txt spelling.txt: add "unnecessary" typo variants 2017-11-17 16:10:00 -08:00
sphinx-pre-install docs-rst: don't require adjustbox anymore 2017-09-08 10:02:55 -06:00
split-man.pl Add scripts/split-man.pl 2018-02-13 14:21:52 -07:00
stackdelta License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
stackusage License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
tags.sh scripts/tags.sh: change find_other_sources() for include directories 2018-01-31 17:18:34 -08:00
unifdef.c
ver_linux License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
xen-hypercalls.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
xz_wrap.sh kbuild: Make scripts executable 2014-08-20 16:03:45 +02:00