docs: conf.py: fix c:function support with Sphinx 3.x
authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:42:44 +0000 (09:42 +0200)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:49:45 +0000 (07:49 +0200)
Sphinx C parser for the C domain is now more pedantic when
trying to identify the function types. That prevents scope
macros to be used as type defines.

Yet, since 3.0.2, it is possible to provide it a list of
such macros. Add them, in order to solve several Sphinx 3.x
warnings.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Documentation/conf.py

index 0a102d57437dd12bb74439639406d32dca9860e9..e1b16556e378447b112d5412e2499193b09569e9 100644 (file)
@@ -47,9 +47,68 @@ extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include',
 #
 if major >= 3:
     sys.stderr.write('''WARNING: The kernel documentation build process
-       does not work correctly with Sphinx v3.0 and above.  Expect errors
-       in the generated output.
-       ''')
+        does not work correctly with Sphinx v3.0 and above.  Expect errors
+        in the generated output.
+        ''')
+    if minor > 0 or patch >= 2:
+        # Sphinx c function parser is more pedantic with regards to type
+        # checking. Due to that, having macros at c:function cause problems.
+        # Those needed to be scaped by using c_id_attributes[] array
+        c_id_attributes = [
+            # GCC Compiler types not parsed by Sphinx:
+            "__restrict__",
+
+            # include/linux/compiler_types.h:
+            "__iomem",
+            "__kernel",
+            "noinstr",
+            "notrace",
+            "__percpu",
+            "__rcu",
+            "__user",
+
+            # include/linux/compiler_attributes.h:
+            "__alias",
+            "__aligned",
+            "__aligned_largest",
+            "__always_inline",
+            "__assume_aligned",
+            "__cold",
+            "__attribute_const__",
+            "__copy",
+            "__pure",
+            "__designated_init",
+            "__visible",
+            "__printf",
+            "__scanf",
+            "__gnu_inline",
+            "__malloc",
+            "__mode",
+            "__no_caller_saved_registers",
+            "__noclone",
+            "__nonstring",
+            "__noreturn",
+            "__packed",
+            "__pure",
+            "__section",
+            "__always_unused",
+            "__maybe_unused",
+            "__used",
+            "__weak",
+            "noinline",
+
+            # include/linux/memblock.h:
+            "__init_memblock",
+            "__meminit",
+
+            # include/linux/init.h:
+            "__init",
+            "__ref",
+
+            # include/linux/linkage.h:
+            "asmlinkage",
+        ]
+
 else:
     extensions.append('cdomain')