scripts: kernel-doc: get rid of $nested parameter

The check_sections() function has a $nested parameter, meant
to identify when a nested struct is present. As we now have
a logic that handles it, get rid of such parameter.

Suggested-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index b0eb1cd6afbe..fadb832733d9 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ sub dump_union($$) {
 sub dump_struct($$) {
     my $x = shift;
     my $file = shift;
-    my $nested;
 
     if ($x =~ /(struct|union)\s+(\w+)\s*{(.*)}/) {
         my $decl_type = $1;
@@ -1063,11 +1062,9 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 
         # Ignore other nested elements, like enums
         $members =~ s/({[^\{\}]*})//g;
-        $nested = $decl_type;
-        $nested =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
 
         create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file);
-        check_sections($file, $declaration_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $struct_actual, $nested);
+        check_sections($file, $declaration_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $struct_actual);
 
         # Adjust declaration for better display
         $declaration =~ s/([{;])/$1\n/g;
@@ -1372,8 +1369,8 @@ sub push_parameter($$$) {
         $parametertypes{$param} = $type;
 }
 
-sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
-        my ($file, $decl_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $prmscheck, $nested) = @_;
+sub check_sections($$$$$) {
+        my ($file, $decl_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $prmscheck) = @_;
         my @sects = split ' ', $sectcheck;
         my @prms = split ' ', $prmscheck;
         my $err;
@@ -1407,14 +1404,6 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
                                         "'$sects[$sx]' " .
                                         "description in '$decl_name'\n";
                                 ++$warnings;
-                        } else {
-                                if ($nested !~ m/\Q$sects[$sx]\E/) {
-                                    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: " .
-                                        "Excess $decl_type member " .
-                                        "'$sects[$sx]' " .
-                                        "description in '$decl_name'\n";
-                                    ++$warnings;
-                                }
                         }
                 }
         }
@@ -1525,7 +1514,7 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
     }
 
         my $prms = join " ", @parameterlist;
-        check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms, "");
+        check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms);
 
         # This check emits a lot of warnings at the moment, because many
         # functions don't have a 'Return' doc section. So until the number