docs: kdoc: Add some comments to process_decl()

Now that the function can actually fit into a human brain, add a few
comments.  While I was at it, I switched to the trim_whitespace() helper
rather than open-coding it.

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250621203512.223189-9-corbet@lwn.net
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Jonathan Corbet
2025-06-21 14:35:11 -06:00
parent 2ad02b9491
commit ccad65a494

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@@ -1377,26 +1377,28 @@ class KernelDoc:
"""
if self.is_new_section(ln, line) or self.is_comment_end(ln, line):
return
#
# Look for anything with the " * " line beginning.
#
if doc_content.search(line):
cont = doc_content.group(1)
#
# A blank line means that we have moved out of the declaration
# part of the comment (without any "special section" parameter
# descriptions).
#
if cont == "":
self.state = state.BODY
self.entry.contents += "\n" # needed?
#
# Otherwise we have more of the declaration section to soak up.
#
else:
# Continued declaration purpose
self.entry.declaration_purpose = self.entry.declaration_purpose.rstrip()
self.entry.declaration_purpose += " " + cont
r = KernRe(r"\s+")
self.entry.declaration_purpose = r.sub(' ',
self.entry.declaration_purpose)
return
# Unknown line, ignore
self.emit_msg(ln, f"bad line: {line}")
self.entry.declaration_purpose = \
trim_whitespace(self.entry.declaration_purpose + ' ' + cont)
else:
# Unknown line, ignore
self.emit_msg(ln, f"bad line: {line}")
def process_special(self, ln, line):