1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index e10378f769f9..030fc633acd4 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ my $doc_block = $doc_com . 'DOC:\s*(.*)?';
 my $doc_inline_start = '^\s*/\*\*\s*$';
 my $doc_inline_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):(.*)';
 my $doc_inline_end = '^\s*\*/\s*$';
+my $doc_inline_oneline = '^\s*/\*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):\s*(.*)\s*\*/\s*$';
 my $export_symbol = '^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*;';
 
 my %parameterdescs;
@@ -3024,7 +3025,16 @@ sub process_file($) {
                 }
             }
         } elsif ($state == STATE_PROTO) {       # scanning for function '{' (end of prototype)
-            if (/$doc_inline_start/) {
+            if (/$doc_inline_oneline/) {
+                $section = $1;
+                $contents = $2;
+                if ($contents ne "") {
+                    $contents .= "\n";
+                    dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
+                    $section = $section_default;
+                    $contents = "";
+                }
+            } elsif (/$doc_inline_start/) {
                 $state = STATE_INLINE;
                 $inline_doc_state = STATE_INLINE_NAME;
             } elsif ($decl_type eq 'function') {