1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index e417d93575b9..05aadac0612a 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ sub tracepoint_munge($) {
 sub syscall_munge() {
         my $void = 0;
 
-        $prototype =~ s@[\r\n\t]+@ @gos; # strip newlines/CR's/tabs
+        $prototype =~ s@[\r\n]+@ @gos; # strip newlines/CR's
 ##      if ($prototype =~ m/SYSCALL_DEFINE0\s*\(\s*(a-zA-Z0-9_)*\s*\)/) {
         if ($prototype =~ m/SYSCALL_DEFINE0/) {
                 $void = 1;
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ sub process_file($) {
         while (s/\\\s*$//) {
             $_ .= <IN>;
         }
+        # Replace tabs by spaces
+        while ($_ =~ s/\t+/' ' x (length($&) * 8 - length($`) % 8)/e) {};
         if ($state == STATE_NORMAL) {
             if (/$doc_start/o) {
                 $state = STATE_NAME;    # next line is always the function name
@@ -1877,8 +1879,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
                 $in_purpose = 0;
                 $contents = $newcontents;
                 $new_start_line = $.;
-                while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") ||
-                       substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") {
+                while (substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") {
                     $contents = substr($contents, 1);
                 }
                 if ($contents ne "") {
@@ -1947,8 +1948,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
                 $contents = $2;
                 $new_start_line = $.;
                 if ($contents ne "") {
-                    while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") ||
-                           substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") {
+                    while (substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") {
                         $contents = substr($contents, 1);
                     }
                     $contents .= "\n";