1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/basic/docproc.c b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
index f4d2f68452ba..e5c6ac7bde9b 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/docproc.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
  *      documentation-frontend
  *              Scans the template file and call kernel-doc for
  *              all occurrences of ![EIF]file
- *              Beforehand each referenced file are scanned for
- *              any exported sympols "EXPORT_SYMBOL()" statements.
+ *              Beforehand each referenced file is scanned for
+ *              any symbols that are exported via these macros:
+ *                      EXPORT_SYMBOL(), EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), &
+ *                      EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE()
  *              This is used to create proper -function and
  *              -nofunction arguments in calls to kernel-doc.
  *              Usage: docproc doc file.tmpl
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ void usage (void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Execute kernel-doc with parameters givin in svec
+ * Execute kernel-doc with parameters given in svec
  */
 void exec_kernel_doc(char **svec)
 {
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ void exec_kernel_doc(char **svec)
         char real_filename[PATH_MAX + 1];
         /* Make sure output generated so far are flushed */
         fflush(stdout);
-        switch(pid=fork()) {
+        switch (pid=fork()) {
                 case -1:
                         perror("fork");
                         exit(1);
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ struct symfile * add_new_file(char * filename)
         symfilelist[symfilecnt++].filename = strdup(filename);
         return &symfilelist[symfilecnt - 1];
 }
+
 /* Check if file already are present in the list */
 struct symfile * filename_exist(char * filename)
 {
@@ -156,8 +159,8 @@ void noaction2(char * file, char * line)   { file = file; line = line; }
 void printline(char * line)               { printf("%s", line); }
 
 /*
- * Find all symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
- * in filename.
+ * Find all symbols in filename that are exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL &
+ * EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL (& EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE implicitly).
  * All symbols located are stored in symfilelist.
  */
 void find_export_symbols(char * filename)
@@ -179,15 +182,15 @@ void find_export_symbols(char * filename)
                         perror(real_filename);
                         exit(1);
                 }
-                while(fgets(line, MAXLINESZ, fp)) {
+                while (fgets(line, MAXLINESZ, fp)) {
                         char *p;
                         char *e;
-                        if (((p = strstr(line, "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL")) != 0) ||
-                            ((p = strstr(line, "EXPORT_SYMBOL")) != 0)) {
+                        if (((p = strstr(line, "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL")) != NULL) ||
+                            ((p = strstr(line, "EXPORT_SYMBOL")) != NULL)) {
                                 /* Skip EXPORT_SYMBOL{_GPL} */
                                 while (isalnum(*p) || *p == '_')
                                         p++;
-                                /* Remove paranteses and additional ws */
+                                /* Remove parentheses & additional whitespace */
                                 while (isspace(*p))
                                         p++;
                                 if (*p != '(')
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ void find_export_symbols(char * filename)
  * Document all external or internal functions in a file.
  * Call kernel-doc with following parameters:
  * kernel-doc -docbook -nofunction function_name1 filename
- * function names are obtained from all the src files
+ * Function names are obtained from all the src files
  * by find_export_symbols.
  * intfunc uses -nofunction
  * extfunc uses -function
@@ -262,7 +265,7 @@ void singfunc(char * filename, char * line)
         vec[idx++] = KERNELDOC;
         vec[idx++] = DOCBOOK;
 
-        /* Split line up in individual parameters preceeded by FUNCTION */
+        /* Split line up in individual parameters preceded by FUNCTION */
         for (i=0; line[i]; i++) {
                 if (isspace(line[i])) {
                         line[i] = '\0';
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ void parse_file(FILE *infile)
 {
         char line[MAXLINESZ];
         char * s;
-        while(fgets(line, MAXLINESZ, infile)) {
+        while (fgets(line, MAXLINESZ, infile)) {
                 if (line[0] == '!') {
                         s = line + 2;
                         switch (line[1]) {
@@ -351,9 +354,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         {
                 /* Need to do this in two passes.
                  * First pass is used to collect all symbols exported
-                 * in the various files.
+                 * in the various files;
                  * Second pass generate the documentation.
-                 * This is required because function are declared
+                 * This is required because some functions are declared
                  * and exported in different files :-((
                  */
                 /* Collect symbols */
@@ -396,4 +399,3 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         fflush(stdout);
         return exitstatus;
 }
-