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By placing it on a\nseparate module, we can minimize the differences and make it\neasier to keep QEMU in sync with Kernel upstream.\n\nSigned-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>\nReviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>\n---\n Documentation/tools/kdoc_parser.rst   |   8 ++\n tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_files.py   |   3 +-\n tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py  | 148 ++------------------------\n tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++\n 4 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 143 deletions(-)\n create mode 100644 tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py","diff":"diff --git a/Documentation/tools/kdoc_parser.rst b/Documentation/tools/kdoc_parser.rst\nindex 03ee54a1b1cc..55b202173195 100644\n--- a/Documentation/tools/kdoc_parser.rst\n+++ b/Documentation/tools/kdoc_parser.rst\n@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@\n Kernel-doc parser stage\n =======================\n \n+C replacement rules used by the parser\n+======================================\n+\n+.. automodule:: lib.python.kdoc.xforms_lists\n+   :members:\n+   :show-inheritance:\n+   :undoc-members:\n+\n File handler classes\n ====================\n \ndiff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_files.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_files.py\nindex 022487ea2cc6..7357c97a4b01 100644\n--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_files.py\n+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_files.py\n@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import os\n import re\n \n from kdoc.kdoc_parser import KernelDoc\n+from kdoc.xforms_lists import CTransforms\n from kdoc.kdoc_output import OutputFormat\n \n \n@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ class KernelFiles():\n         if fname in self.files:\n             return\n \n-        doc = KernelDoc(self.config, fname)\n+        doc = KernelDoc(self.config, fname, CTransforms)\n         export_table, entries = doc.parse_kdoc()\n \n         self.export_table[fname] = export_table\ndiff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py\nindex e735e79b5061..a280fe581937 100644\n--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py\n+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py\n@@ -75,143 +75,6 @@ doc_begin_func = KernRe(str(doc_com) +\t\t\t# initial \" * '\n #\n struct_args_pattern = r'([^,)]+)'\n \n-struct_xforms = [\n-    # Strip attributes\n-    (KernRe(r\"__attribute__\\s*\\(\\([a-z0-9,_\\*\\s\\(\\)]*\\)\\)\", flags=re.I | re.S, cache=False), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__aligned\\s*\\([^;]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__counted_by\\s*\\([^;]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__counted_by_(le|be)\\s*\\([^;]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__pt_guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__packed\\s*', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__private', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__rcu', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*____cacheline_aligned_in_smp', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*____cacheline_aligned', re.S), ' '),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__cacheline_group_(begin|end)\\([^\\)]+\\);'), ''),\n-    #\n-    # Unwrap struct_group macros based on this definition:\n-    # __struct_group(TAG, NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS...)\n-    # which has variants like: struct_group(NAME, MEMBERS...)\n-    # Only MEMBERS arguments require documentation.\n-    #\n-    # Parsing them happens on two steps:\n-    #\n-    # 1. drop struct group arguments that aren't at MEMBERS,\n-    #    storing them as STRUCT_GROUP(MEMBERS)\n-    #\n-    # 2. remove STRUCT_GROUP() ancillary macro.\n-    #\n-    # The original logic used to remove STRUCT_GROUP() using an\n-    # advanced regex:\n-    #\n-    #   \\bSTRUCT_GROUP(\\(((?:(?>[^)(]+)|(?1))*)\\))[^;]*;\n-    #\n-    # with two patterns that are incompatible with\n-    # Python re module, as it has:\n-    #\n-    #   - a recursive pattern: (?1)\n-    #   - an atomic grouping: (?>...)\n-    #\n-    # I tried a simpler version: but it didn't work either:\n-    #   \\bSTRUCT_GROUP\\(([^\\)]+)\\)[^;]*;\n-    #\n-    # As it doesn't properly match the end parenthesis on some cases.\n-    #\n-    # So, a better solution was crafted: there's now a CFunction\n-    # class that ensures that delimiters after a search are properly\n-    # matched. So, the implementation to drop STRUCT_GROUP() will be\n-    # handled in separate.\n-    #\n-    (CFunction('struct_group'), r'\\2'),\n-    (CFunction('struct_group_attr'), r'\\3'),\n-    (CFunction('struct_group_tagged'), r'struct \\1 \\2; \\3'),\n-    (CFunction('__struct_group'), r'\\4'),\n-\n-    #\n-    # Replace macros\n-    #\n-    # TODO: use CFunction on all FOO($1, $2, ...) matches\n-    #\n-    # it is better to also move those to the CFunction logic,\n-    # to ensure that parentheses will be properly matched.\n-    #\n-    (KernRe(r'__ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK\\s*\\(([^\\)]+)\\)', re.S),\n-     r'DECLARE_BITMAP(\\1, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS)'),\n-    (KernRe(r'DECLARE_PHY_INTERFACE_MASK\\s*\\(([^\\)]+)\\)', re.S),\n-     r'DECLARE_BITMAP(\\1, PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MAX)'),\n-    (KernRe(r'DECLARE_BITMAP\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)',\n-            re.S), r'unsigned long \\1[BITS_TO_LONGS(\\2)]'),\n-    (KernRe(r'DECLARE_HASHTABLE\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)',\n-            re.S), r'unsigned long \\1[1 << ((\\2) - 1)]'),\n-    (KernRe(r'DECLARE_KFIFO\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern +\n-            r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'\\2 *\\1'),\n-    (KernRe(r'DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' +\n-            struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'\\2 *\\1'),\n-    (KernRe(r'(?:__)?DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' +\n-            struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'\\1 \\2[]'),\n-    (KernRe(r'DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_ADDR\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'dma_addr_t \\1'),\n-    (KernRe(r'DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_LEN\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'__u32 \\1'),\n-    (KernRe(r'VIRTIO_DECLARE_FEATURES\\(([\\w_]+)\\)'), r'union { u64 \\1; u64 \\1_array[VIRTIO_FEATURES_U64S]; }'),\n-]\n-\n-#\n-# Transforms for function prototypes\n-#\n-function_xforms = [\n-    (KernRe(r\"^static +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^extern +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^asmlinkage +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^inline +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^__inline__ +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^__inline +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^__always_inline +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^noinline +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"^__FORTIFY_INLINE +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__init +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__init_or_module +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__exit +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__deprecated +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__flatten +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__meminit +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__must_check +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__weak +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__sched +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"_noprof\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__always_unused *\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__printf\\s*\\(\\s*\\d*\\s*,\\s*\\d*\\s*\\) +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__(?:re)?alloc_size\\s*\\(\\s*\\d+\\s*(?:,\\s*\\d+\\s*)?\\) +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__diagnose_as\\s*\\(\\s*\\S+\\s*(?:,\\s*\\d+\\s*)*\\) +\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"DECL_BUCKET_PARAMS\\s*\\(\\s*(\\S+)\\s*,\\s*(\\S+)\\s*\\)\"), r\"\\1, \\2\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__no_context_analysis\\s*\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__attribute_const__ +\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__cond_acquires\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__cond_releases\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__acquires\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__releases\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__must_hold\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__must_not_hold\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__must_hold_shared\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__cond_acquires_shared\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__acquires_shared\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__releases_shared\"), \"\"),\n-    (CFunction(\"__attribute__\"), \"\"),\n-]\n-\n-#\n-# Transforms for variable prototypes\n-#\n-var_xforms = [\n-    (KernRe(r\"__read_mostly\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"__ro_after_init\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r'\\s*__pt_guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"LIST_HEAD\\(([\\w_]+)\\)\"), r\"struct list_head \\1\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"(?://.*)$\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\"(?:/\\*.*\\*/)\"), \"\"),\n-    (KernRe(r\";$\"), \"\"),\n-]\n \n #\n # Ancillary functions\n@@ -395,11 +258,12 @@ class KernelDoc:\n     #: String to write when a parameter is not described.\n     undescribed = \"-- undescribed --\"\n \n-    def __init__(self, config, fname):\n+    def __init__(self, config, fname, xforms):\n         \"\"\"Initialize internal variables\"\"\"\n \n         self.fname = fname\n         self.config = config\n+        self.xforms = xforms\n \n         # Initial state for the state machines\n         self.state = state.NORMAL\n@@ -890,7 +754,7 @@ class KernelDoc:\n         # Go through the list of members applying all of our transformations.\n         #\n         members = trim_private_members(members)\n-        members = self.apply_transforms(struct_xforms, members)\n+        members = self.apply_transforms(self.xforms.struct_xforms, members)\n \n         #\n         # Deal with embedded struct and union members, and drop enums entirely.\n@@ -1012,8 +876,7 @@ class KernelDoc:\n         # Drop comments and macros to have a pure C prototype\n         #\n         if not declaration_name:\n-            for r, sub in var_xforms:\n-                proto = r.sub(sub, proto)\n+            proto = self.apply_transforms(self.xforms.var_xforms, proto)\n \n         proto = proto.rstrip()\n \n@@ -1105,7 +968,8 @@ class KernelDoc:\n             #\n             # Apply the initial transformations.\n             #\n-            prototype = self.apply_transforms(function_xforms, prototype)\n+            prototype = self.apply_transforms(self.xforms.function_xforms,\n+                                              prototype)\n \n         # Yes, this truly is vile.  We are looking for:\n         # 1. Return type (may be nothing if we're looking at a macro)\ndiff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py\nnew file mode 100644\nindex 000000000000..2e7b470c4e65\n--- /dev/null\n+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/xforms_lists.py\n@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@\n+#!/usr/bin/env python3\n+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0\n+# Copyright(c) 2026: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>.\n+\n+import re\n+\n+from kdoc.kdoc_re import CFunction, KernRe\n+\n+struct_args_pattern = r'([^,)]+)'\n+\n+class CTransforms:\n+    \"\"\"\n+    Data class containing a long set of transformations to turn\n+    structure member prefixes, and macro invocations and variables\n+    into something we can parse and generate kdoc for.\n+    \"\"\"\n+\n+    #: Transforms for structs and unions.\n+    struct_xforms = [\n+        # Strip attributes\n+        (KernRe(r\"__attribute__\\s*\\(\\([a-z0-9,_\\*\\s\\(\\)]*\\)\\)\", flags=re.I | re.S, cache=False), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__aligned\\s*\\([^;]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__counted_by\\s*\\([^;]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__counted_by_(le|be)\\s*\\([^;]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__pt_guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__packed\\s*', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__private', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__rcu', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*____cacheline_aligned_in_smp', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*____cacheline_aligned', re.S), ' '),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__cacheline_group_(begin|end)\\([^\\)]+\\);'), ''),\n+\n+        (CFunction('struct_group'), r'\\2'),\n+        (CFunction('struct_group_attr'), r'\\3'),\n+        (CFunction('struct_group_tagged'), r'struct \\1 \\2; \\3'),\n+        (CFunction('__struct_group'), r'\\4'),\n+\n+        #\n+        # Replace macros\n+        #\n+        # TODO: use CFunction on all FOO($1, $2, ...) matches\n+        #\n+        # it is better to also move those to the CFunction logic,\n+        # to ensure that parentheses will be properly matched.\n+        #\n+        (KernRe(r'__ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK\\s*\\(([^\\)]+)\\)', re.S),\n+        r'DECLARE_BITMAP(\\1, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS)'),\n+        (KernRe(r'DECLARE_PHY_INTERFACE_MASK\\s*\\(([^\\)]+)\\)', re.S),\n+        r'DECLARE_BITMAP(\\1, PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MAX)'),\n+        (KernRe(r'DECLARE_BITMAP\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)',\n+                re.S), r'unsigned long \\1[BITS_TO_LONGS(\\2)]'),\n+        (KernRe(r'DECLARE_HASHTABLE\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)',\n+                re.S), r'unsigned long \\1[1 << ((\\2) - 1)]'),\n+        (KernRe(r'DECLARE_KFIFO\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern +\n+                r',\\s*' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'\\2 *\\1'),\n+        (KernRe(r'DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' +\n+                struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'\\2 *\\1'),\n+        (KernRe(r'(?:__)?DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r',\\s*' +\n+                struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'\\1 \\2[]'),\n+        (KernRe(r'DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_ADDR\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'dma_addr_t \\1'),\n+        (KernRe(r'DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_LEN\\s*\\(' + struct_args_pattern + r'\\)', re.S), r'__u32 \\1'),\n+        (KernRe(r'VIRTIO_DECLARE_FEATURES\\(([\\w_]+)\\)'), r'union { u64 \\1; u64 \\1_array[VIRTIO_FEATURES_U64S]; }'),\n+    ]\n+\n+    #: Transforms for function prototypes.\n+    function_xforms = [\n+        (KernRe(r\"^static +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^extern +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^asmlinkage +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^inline +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^__inline__ +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^__inline +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^__always_inline +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^noinline +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"^__FORTIFY_INLINE +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__init +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__init_or_module +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__exit +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__deprecated +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__flatten +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__meminit +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__must_check +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__weak +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__sched +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"_noprof\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__always_unused *\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__printf\\s*\\(\\s*\\d*\\s*,\\s*\\d*\\s*\\) +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__(?:re)?alloc_size\\s*\\(\\s*\\d+\\s*(?:,\\s*\\d+\\s*)?\\) +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__diagnose_as\\s*\\(\\s*\\S+\\s*(?:,\\s*\\d+\\s*)*\\) +\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"DECL_BUCKET_PARAMS\\s*\\(\\s*(\\S+)\\s*,\\s*(\\S+)\\s*\\)\"), r\"\\1, \\2\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__no_context_analysis\\s*\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__attribute_const__ +\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__cond_acquires\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__cond_releases\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__acquires\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__releases\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__must_hold\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__must_not_hold\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__must_hold_shared\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__cond_acquires_shared\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__acquires_shared\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__releases_shared\"), \"\"),\n+        (CFunction(\"__attribute__\"), \"\"),\n+    ]\n+\n+    #: Transforms for variables.\n+    var_xforms = [\n+        (KernRe(r\"__read_mostly\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"__ro_after_init\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r'\\s*__pt_guarded_by\\s*\\([^\\)]*\\)', re.S), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"LIST_HEAD\\(([\\w_]+)\\)\"), r\"struct list_head \\1\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"(?://.*)$\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\"(?:/\\*.*\\*/)\"), \"\"),\n+        (KernRe(r\";$\"), \"\"),\n+    ]\n","prefixes":["26/38"]}