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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/kernel-doc | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index 0ff62bb..4fbaaa0 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -839,7 +839,23 @@ sub output_function_rst(%) { output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'}); $start = "\n\n**Syntax**\n\n ``"; } else { - print ".. c:function:: "; + if ((split(/\./, $sphinx_version))[0] >= 3) { + # Sphinx 3 and later distinguish macros and functions and + # complain if you use c:function with something that's not + # syntactically valid as a function declaration. + # We assume that anything with a return type is a function + # and anything without is a macro. + if ($args{'functiontype'} ne "") { + print ".. c:function:: "; + } else { + print ".. c:macro:: "; + } + } else { + # Older Sphinx don't support documenting macros that take + # arguments with c:macro, and don't complain about the use + # of c:function for this. + print ".. c:function:: "; + } } if ($args{'functiontype'} ne "") { $start .= $args{'functiontype'} . " " . $args{'function'} . " ("; |