docs: kernel-doc: Don't mangle literal code blocks in comments

It can be useful to put code snippets into kerneldoc comments; that can be
done with the "::" operator at the end of a line like this::

   if (desperate)
       run_in_circles();

The ".. code-block::" directive can also be used to this end.  kernel-doc
currently fails to understand these literal blocks and applies its normal
markup to them, which is then treated as literal by sphinx.  The result is
unsightly markup instead of a useful code snippet.

Apply a hack to the output code to recognize literal blocks and avoid
performing any special markup on them.  It's ugly, but that means it fits
in well with the rest of the script.

Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

1 files changed, 64 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index fb8fbdb25036..cbe864e72a2f 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -748,14 +748,73 @@ sub output_blockhead_rst(%) {
     }
 }
 
-sub output_highlight_rst {
-    my $contents = join "\n",@_;
-    my $line;
-
+#
+# Apply the RST highlights to a sub-block of text.
+#   
+sub highlight_block($) {
+    # The dohighlight kludge requires the text be called $contents
+    my $contents = shift;
     eval $dohighlight;
     die $@ if $@;
+    return $contents;
+}
 
-    foreach $line (split "\n", $contents) {
+#
+# Regexes used only here.
+#
+my $sphinx_literal = '^[^.].*::$';
+my $sphinx_cblock = '^\.\.\ +code-block::';
+
+sub output_highlight_rst {
+    my $input = join "\n",@_;
+    my $output = "";
+    my $line;
+    my $in_literal = 0;
+    my $litprefix;
+    my $block = "";
+
+    foreach $line (split "\n",$input) {
+        #
+        # If we're in a literal block, see if we should drop out
+        # of it.  Otherwise pass the line straight through unmunged.
+        #
+        if ($in_literal) {
+            if (! ($line =~ /^\s*$/)) {
+                #
+                # If this is the first non-blank line in a literal
+                # block we need to figure out what the proper indent is.
+                #
+                if ($litprefix eq "") {
+                    $line =~ /^(\s*)/;
+                    $litprefix = '^' . $1;
+                    $output .= $line . "\n";
+                } elsif (! ($line =~ /$litprefix/)) {
+                    $in_literal = 0;
+                } else {
+                    $output .= $line . "\n";
+                }
+            } else {
+                $output .= $line . "\n";
+            }
+        }
+        #
+        # Not in a literal block (or just dropped out)
+        #
+        if (! $in_literal) {
+            $block .= $line . "\n";
+            if (($line =~ /$sphinx_literal/) || ($line =~ /$sphinx_cblock/)) {
+                $in_literal = 1;
+                $litprefix = "";
+                $output .= highlight_block($block);
+                $block = ""
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($block) {
+        $output .= highlight_block($block);
+    }
+    foreach $line (split "\n", $output) {
         print $lineprefix . $line . "\n";
     }
 }