kernel-doc: add support for handling global variables

Specially on kAPI, sometimes it is desirable to be able to
describe global variables that are part of kAPI.

Documenting vars with Sphinx is simple, as we don't need
to parse a data struct. All we need is the variable
declaration and use native C domain ::c:var: to format it
for us.

Add support for it.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/491c3022-cef8-4860-a945-c9c4a3b63c09@infradead.org/T/#m947c25d95cb1d96a394410ab1131dc8e9e5013f1
Suggested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <fa7d1c61a8de9150f71b318382f1507d3b13848d.1765894964.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_output.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_output.py
index b1aaa7fc3604..50aedbb3d6de 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_output.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_output.py
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ class OutputFormat:
             self.out_enum(fname, name, args)
             return self.data
 
+        if dtype == "var":
+            self.out_var(fname, name, args)
+            return self.data
+
         if dtype == "typedef":
             self.out_typedef(fname, name, args)
             return self.data
@@ -227,6 +231,9 @@ class OutputFormat:
     def out_enum(self, fname, name, args):
         """Outputs an enum"""
 
+    def out_var(self, fname, name, args):
+        """Outputs a variable"""
+
     def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
         """Outputs a typedef"""
 
@@ -472,6 +479,25 @@ class RestFormat(OutputFormat):
         self.lineprefix = oldprefix
         self.out_section(args)
 
+    def out_var(self, fname, name, args):
+        oldprefix = self.lineprefix
+        ln = args.declaration_start_line
+        full_proto = args.other_stuff["full_proto"]
+
+        self.lineprefix = "  "
+
+        self.data += f"\n\n.. c:macro:: {name}\n\n{self.lineprefix}{full_proto}\n\n"
+
+        self.print_lineno(ln)
+        self.output_highlight(args.get('purpose', ''))
+        self.data += "\n"
+
+        if args.other_stuff["default_val"]:
+            self.data += f'{self.lineprefix}**Initialization**\n\n'
+            self.output_highlight(f'default: ``{args.other_stuff["default_val"]}``')
+
+        self.out_section(args)
+
     def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
 
         oldprefix = self.lineprefix
@@ -773,6 +799,27 @@ class ManFormat(OutputFormat):
             self.data += f'.SH "{section}"' + "\n"
             self.output_highlight(text)
 
+    def out_var(self, fname, name, args):
+        out_name = self.arg_name(args, name)
+        prototype = args.other_stuff["var_type"]
+        full_proto = args.other_stuff["full_proto"]
+
+        self.data += f'.TH "{self.modulename}" 9 "{out_name}" "{self.man_date}" "API Manual" LINUX' + "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH NAME\n"
+        self.data += f"{prototype} \\- {args['purpose']}\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH SYNOPSIS\n"
+        self.data += f"{full_proto}\n"
+
+        if args.other_stuff["default_val"]:
+            self.data += f'.SH "Initialization"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(f'default: {args.other_stuff["default_val"]}')
+
+        for section, text in args.sections.items():
+            self.data += f'.SH "{section}"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(text)
+
     def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
         module = self.modulename
         purpose = args.get('purpose')