From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
To: Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/15] docs: kdoc_item: Improve docstrings and comments
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:40:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a68daefd2db512f220b615e0d2e3be30fbf49d1e.1768488832.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1768488832.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
In preparation to document kernel-doc module, improve its
documentation.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_item.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_item.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_item.py
index 19805301cb2c..2b8a93f79716 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_item.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_item.py
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@
# then pass into the output modules.
#
+"""
+Data class to store a kernel-doc Item.
+"""
+
class KdocItem:
+ """
+ A class that will, eventually, encapsulate all of the parsed data that we
+ then pass into the output modules.
+ """
+
def __init__(self, name, fname, type, start_line, **other_stuff):
self.name = name
self.fname = fname
@@ -24,6 +33,9 @@ class KdocItem:
self.other_stuff = other_stuff
def get(self, key, default = None):
+ """
+ Get a value from optional keys.
+ """
return self.other_stuff.get(key, default)
def __getitem__(self, key):
@@ -33,10 +45,16 @@ class KdocItem:
# Tracking of section and parameter information.
#
def set_sections(self, sections, start_lines):
+ """
+ Set sections and start lines.
+ """
self.sections = sections
self.section_start_lines = start_lines
def set_params(self, names, descs, types, starts):
+ """
+ Set parameter list: names, descriptions, types and start lines.
+ """
self.parameterlist = names
self.parameterdescs = descs
self.parametertypes = types
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-15 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-15 15:40 [PATCH v2 00/15] Add kernel-doc modules to Documentation/tools Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] docs: custom.css: prevent li marker to override text Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] docs: conf.py: don't use doctree with a different meaning Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] docs: conf: don't rely on cwd to get documentation location Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] docs: enable Sphinx autodoc extension to allow documenting python Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] docs: custom.css: add CSS for python Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] docs: kdoc: latex_fonts: Improve docstrings and comments Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] docs: kdoc_files: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] docs: kdoc_parser: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] docs: kdoc_output: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] docs: kdoc_re: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] docs: kdoc: parse_data_structs: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] docs: kdoc: enrich_formatter: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] docs: kdoc: python_version: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] docs: add kernel-doc modules documentation Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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