[PATCH] DocBook: allow to mark structure members private

Many structures contain both an internal part and one which is part of the API
to other modules.  With this patch it is possible to only include these public
members in the kernel documentation.

Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 8aaf74e64183..2f45fd2969d0 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ use strict;
 # struct my_struct {
 #     int a;
 #     int b;
+# /* private: */
+#     int c;
 # };
 #
 # All descriptions can be multiline, except the short function description.
@@ -1304,6 +1306,12 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 	# ignore embedded structs or unions
 	$members =~ s/{.*?}//g;
 
+	# ignore members marked private:
+	$members =~ s/\/\*.*?private:.*?public:.*?\*\///gos;
+	$members =~ s/\/\*.*?private:.*//gos;
+	# strip comments:
+	$members =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
+
 	create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file);
 
 	output_declaration($declaration_name,
@@ -1329,6 +1337,7 @@ sub dump_enum($$) {
     my $x = shift;
     my $file = shift;
 
+    $x =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
     if ($x =~ /enum\s+(\w+)\s*{(.*)}/) {
         $declaration_name = $1;
         my $members = $2;
@@ -1365,6 +1374,7 @@ sub dump_typedef($$) {
     my $x = shift;
     my $file = shift;
 
+    $x =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
     while (($x =~ /\(*.\)\s*;$/) || ($x =~ /\[*.\]\s*;$/)) {
         $x =~ s/\(*.\)\s*;$/;/;
 	$x =~ s/\[*.\]\s*;$/;/;
@@ -1420,7 +1430,7 @@ sub create_parameterlist($$$) {
 	    $type = $arg;
 	    $type =~ s/([^\(]+\(\*)$param/$1/;
 	    push_parameter($param, $type, $file);
-	} else {
+	} elsif ($arg) {
 	    $arg =~ s/\s*:\s*/:/g;
 	    $arg =~ s/\s*\[/\[/g;
 
@@ -1628,7 +1638,6 @@ sub process_state3_type($$) {
     my $x = shift;
     my $file = shift;
 
-    $x =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
     $x =~ s@[\r\n]+@ @gos; # strip newlines/cr's.
     $x =~ s@^\s+@@gos; # strip leading spaces
     $x =~ s@\s+$@@gos; # strip trailing spaces