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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/kernel-doc2442
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/kernel-doc.py325
-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_files.py291
-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_item.py42
-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_output.py749
-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py1670
-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py270
-rw-r--r--scripts/minikconf.py6
8 files changed, 3351 insertions, 2444 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
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-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-
-use warnings;
-use strict;
-
-## Copyright (c) 1998 Michael Zucchi, All Rights Reserved        ##
-## Copyright (C) 2000, 1  Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>          ##
-## Copyright (C) 2001  Simon Huggins                             ##
-## Copyright (C) 2005-2012  Randy Dunlap                         ##
-## Copyright (C) 2012  Dan Luedtke                               ##
-## 								 ##
-## #define enhancements by Armin Kuster <akuster@mvista.com>	 ##
-## Copyright (c) 2000 MontaVista Software, Inc.			 ##
-## 								 ##
-## This software falls under the GNU General Public License.     ##
-## Please read the COPYING file for more information             ##
-
-# 18/01/2001 - 	Cleanups
-# 		Functions prototyped as foo(void) same as foo()
-# 		Stop eval'ing where we don't need to.
-# -- huggie@earth.li
-
-# 27/06/2001 -  Allowed whitespace after initial "/**" and
-#               allowed comments before function declarations.
-# -- Christian Kreibich <ck@whoop.org>
-
-# Still to do:
-# 	- add perldoc documentation
-# 	- Look more closely at some of the scarier bits :)
-
-# 26/05/2001 - 	Support for separate source and object trees.
-#		Return error code.
-# 		Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
-
-# 23/09/2001 - Added support for typedefs, structs, enums and unions
-#              Support for Context section; can be terminated using empty line
-#              Small fixes (like spaces vs. \s in regex)
-# -- Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
-
-# 25/07/2012 - Added support for HTML5
-# -- Dan Luedtke <mail@danrl.de>
-
-sub usage {
-    my $message = <<"EOF";
-Usage: $0 [OPTION ...] FILE ...
-
-Read C language source or header FILEs, extract embedded documentation comments,
-and print formatted documentation to standard output.
-
-The documentation comments are identified by "/**" opening comment mark. See
-Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst for the documentation comment syntax.
-
-Output format selection (mutually exclusive):
-  -man			Output troff manual page format. This is the default.
-  -rst			Output reStructuredText format.
-  -none			Do not output documentation, only warnings.
-
-Output format selection modifier (affects only ReST output):
-
-  -sphinx-version	Use the ReST C domain dialect compatible with an
-			specific Sphinx Version.
-			If not specified, kernel-doc will auto-detect using
-			the sphinx-build version found on PATH.
-
-Output selection (mutually exclusive):
-  -export		Only output documentation for symbols that have been
-			exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL() or EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
-                        in any input FILE or -export-file FILE.
-  -internal		Only output documentation for symbols that have NOT been
-			exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL() or EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
-                        in any input FILE or -export-file FILE.
-  -function NAME	Only output documentation for the given function(s)
-			or DOC: section title(s). All other functions and DOC:
-			sections are ignored. May be specified multiple times.
-  -nosymbol NAME	Exclude the specified symbols from the output
-		        documentation. May be specified multiple times.
-
-Output selection modifiers:
-  -no-doc-sections	Do not output DOC: sections.
-  -enable-lineno        Enable output of #define LINENO lines. Only works with
-                        reStructuredText format.
-  -export-file FILE     Specify an additional FILE in which to look for
-                        EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). To be used with
-                        -export or -internal. May be specified multiple times.
-
-Other parameters:
-  -v			Verbose output, more warnings and other information.
-  -h			Print this help.
-  -Werror		Treat warnings as errors.
-
-EOF
-    print $message;
-    exit 1;
-}
-
-#
-# format of comments.
-# In the following table, (...)? signifies optional structure.
-#                         (...)* signifies 0 or more structure elements
-# /**
-#  * function_name(:)? (- short description)?
-# (* @parameterx: (description of parameter x)?)*
-# (* a blank line)?
-#  * (Description:)? (Description of function)?
-#  * (section header: (section description)? )*
-#  (*)?*/
-#
-# So .. the trivial example would be:
-#
-# /**
-#  * my_function
-#  */
-#
-# If the Description: header tag is omitted, then there must be a blank line
-# after the last parameter specification.
-# e.g.
-# /**
-#  * my_function - does my stuff
-#  * @my_arg: its mine damnit
-#  *
-#  * Does my stuff explained.
-#  */
-#
-#  or, could also use:
-# /**
-#  * my_function - does my stuff
-#  * @my_arg: its mine damnit
-#  * Description: Does my stuff explained.
-#  */
-# etc.
-#
-# Besides functions you can also write documentation for structs, unions,
-# enums and typedefs. Instead of the function name you must write the name
-# of the declaration;  the struct/union/enum/typedef must always precede
-# the name. Nesting of declarations is not supported.
-# Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
-# e.g.
-# /**
-#  * struct my_struct - short description
-#  * @a: first member
-#  * @b: second member
-#  *
-#  * Longer description
-#  */
-# struct my_struct {
-#     int a;
-#     int b;
-# /* private: */
-#     int c;
-# };
-#
-# All descriptions can be multiline, except the short function description.
-#
-# For really longs structs, you can also describe arguments inside the
-# body of the struct.
-# eg.
-# /**
-#  * struct my_struct - short description
-#  * @a: first member
-#  * @b: second member
-#  *
-#  * Longer description
-#  */
-# struct my_struct {
-#     int a;
-#     int b;
-#     /**
-#      * @c: This is longer description of C
-#      *
-#      * You can use paragraphs to describe arguments
-#      * using this method.
-#      */
-#     int c;
-# };
-#
-# This should be use only for struct/enum members.
-#
-# You can also add additional sections. When documenting kernel functions you
-# should document the "Context:" of the function, e.g. whether the functions
-# can be called form interrupts. Unlike other sections you can end it with an
-# empty line.
-# A non-void function should have a "Return:" section describing the return
-# value(s).
-# Example-sections should contain the string EXAMPLE so that they are marked
-# appropriately in DocBook.
-#
-# Example:
-# /**
-#  * user_function - function that can only be called in user context
-#  * @a: some argument
-#  * Context: !in_interrupt()
-#  *
-#  * Some description
-#  * Example:
-#  *    user_function(22);
-#  */
-# ...
-#
-#
-# All descriptive text is further processed, scanning for the following special
-# patterns, which are highlighted appropriately.
-#
-# 'funcname()' - function
-# '$ENVVAR' - environmental variable
-# '&struct_name' - name of a structure (up to two words including 'struct')
-# '&struct_name.member' - name of a structure member
-# '@parameter' - name of a parameter
-# '%CONST' - name of a constant.
-# '``LITERAL``' - literal string without any spaces on it.
-
-## init lots of data
-
-my $errors = 0;
-my $warnings = 0;
-my $anon_struct_union = 0;
-
-# match expressions used to find embedded type information
-my $type_constant = '\b``([^\`]+)``\b';
-my $type_constant2 = '\%([-_\w]+)';
-my $type_func = '(\w+)\(\)';
-my $type_param = '\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';
-my $type_param_ref = '([\!]?)\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';
-my $type_fp_param = '\@(\w+)\(\)';  # Special RST handling for func ptr params
-my $type_fp_param2 = '\@(\w+->\S+)\(\)';  # Special RST handling for structs with func ptr params
-my $type_env = '(\$\w+)';
-my $type_enum = '#(enum\s*([_\w]+))';
-my $type_struct = '#(struct\s*([_\w]+))';
-my $type_typedef = '#(([A-Z][_\w]*))';
-my $type_union = '#(union\s*([_\w]+))';
-my $type_member = '#([_\w]+)(\.|->)([_\w]+)';
-my $type_fallback = '(?!)';    # this never matches
-my $type_member_func = $type_member . '\(\)';
-
-# Output conversion substitutions.
-#  One for each output format
-
-# these are pretty rough
-my @highlights_man = (
-                      [$type_constant, "\$1"],
-                      [$type_constant2, "\$1"],
-                      [$type_func, "\\\\fB\$1\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_enum, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_struct, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_typedef, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_union, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_param, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_param_ref, "\\\\fI\$1\$2\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_member, "\\\\fI\$1\$2\$3\\\\fP"],
-                      [$type_fallback, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"]
-		     );
-my $blankline_man = "";
-
-# rst-mode
-my @highlights_rst = (
-                       [$type_constant, "``\$1``"],
-                       [$type_constant2, "``\$1``"],
-                       # Note: need to escape () to avoid func matching later
-                       [$type_member_func, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1\$2\$3\\\\(\\\\) <\$1>`"],
-                       [$type_member, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1\$2\$3 <\$1>`"],
-		       [$type_fp_param, "**\$1\\\\(\\\\)**"],
-		       [$type_fp_param2, "**\$1\\\\(\\\\)**"],
-                       [$type_func, "\$1()"],
-                       [$type_enum, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1 <\$2>`"],
-                       [$type_struct, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1 <\$2>`"],
-                       [$type_typedef, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1 <\$2>`"],
-                       [$type_union, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1 <\$2>`"],
-                       # in rst this can refer to any type
-                       [$type_fallback, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1`"],
-                       [$type_param_ref, "**\$1\$2**"]
-		      );
-my $blankline_rst = "\n";
-
-# read arguments
-if ($#ARGV == -1) {
-    usage();
-}
-
-my $kernelversion;
-my ($sphinx_major, $sphinx_minor, $sphinx_patch);
-
-my $dohighlight = "";
-
-my $verbose = 0;
-my $Werror = 0;
-my $output_mode = "rst";
-my $output_preformatted = 0;
-my $no_doc_sections = 0;
-my $enable_lineno = 0;
-my @highlights = @highlights_rst;
-my $blankline = $blankline_rst;
-my $modulename = "Kernel API";
-
-use constant {
-    OUTPUT_ALL          => 0, # output all symbols and doc sections
-    OUTPUT_INCLUDE      => 1, # output only specified symbols
-    OUTPUT_EXPORTED     => 2, # output exported symbols
-    OUTPUT_INTERNAL     => 3, # output non-exported symbols
-};
-my $output_selection = OUTPUT_ALL;
-my $show_not_found = 0;	# No longer used
-
-my @export_file_list;
-
-my @build_time;
-if (defined($ENV{'KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP'}) &&
-    (my $seconds = `date -d"${ENV{'KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP'}}" +%s`) ne '') {
-    @build_time = gmtime($seconds);
-} else {
-    @build_time = localtime;
-}
-
-my $man_date = ('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
-		'July', 'August', 'September', 'October',
-		'November', 'December')[$build_time[4]] .
-  " " . ($build_time[5]+1900);
-
-# Essentially these are globals.
-# They probably want to be tidied up, made more localised or something.
-# CAVEAT EMPTOR!  Some of the others I localised may not want to be, which
-# could cause "use of undefined value" or other bugs.
-my ($function, %function_table, %parametertypes, $declaration_purpose);
-my %nosymbol_table = ();
-my $declaration_start_line;
-my ($type, $declaration_name, $return_type);
-my ($newsection, $newcontents, $prototype, $brcount, %source_map);
-
-if (defined($ENV{'KBUILD_VERBOSE'})) {
-	$verbose = "$ENV{'KBUILD_VERBOSE'}";
-}
-
-if (defined($ENV{'KDOC_WERROR'})) {
-	$Werror = "$ENV{'KDOC_WERROR'}";
-}
-
-if (defined($ENV{'KCFLAGS'})) {
-	my $kcflags = "$ENV{'KCFLAGS'}";
-
-	if ($kcflags =~ /Werror/) {
-		$Werror = 1;
-	}
-}
-
-# Generated docbook code is inserted in a template at a point where
-# docbook v3.1 requires a non-zero sequence of RefEntry's; see:
-# https://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html/refentry.html
-# We keep track of number of generated entries and generate a dummy
-# if needs be to ensure the expanded template can be postprocessed
-# into html.
-my $section_counter = 0;
-
-my $lineprefix="";
-
-# Parser states
-use constant {
-    STATE_NORMAL        => 0,        # normal code
-    STATE_NAME          => 1,        # looking for function name
-    STATE_BODY_MAYBE    => 2,        # body - or maybe more description
-    STATE_BODY          => 3,        # the body of the comment
-    STATE_BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE => 4, # the body, which has a blank line
-    STATE_PROTO         => 5,        # scanning prototype
-    STATE_DOCBLOCK      => 6,        # documentation block
-    STATE_INLINE        => 7,        # gathering doc outside main block
-};
-my $state;
-my $in_doc_sect;
-my $leading_space;
-
-# Inline documentation state
-use constant {
-    STATE_INLINE_NA     => 0, # not applicable ($state != STATE_INLINE)
-    STATE_INLINE_NAME   => 1, # looking for member name (@foo:)
-    STATE_INLINE_TEXT   => 2, # looking for member documentation
-    STATE_INLINE_END    => 3, # done
-    STATE_INLINE_ERROR  => 4, # error - Comment without header was found.
-                              # Spit a warning as it's not
-                              # proper kernel-doc and ignore the rest.
-};
-my $inline_doc_state;
-
-#declaration types: can be
-# 'function', 'struct', 'union', 'enum', 'typedef'
-my $decl_type;
-
-my $doc_start = '^/\*\*\s*$'; # Allow whitespace at end of comment start.
-my $doc_end = '\*/';
-my $doc_com = '\s*\*\s*';
-my $doc_com_body = '\s*\* ?';
-my $doc_decl = $doc_com . '(\w+)';
-# @params and a strictly limited set of supported section names
-my $doc_sect = $doc_com .
-    '\s*(\@[.\w]+|\@\.\.\.|description|context|returns?|notes?|examples?)\s*:(.*)';
-my $doc_content = $doc_com_body . '(.*)';
-my $doc_block = $doc_com . 'DOC:\s*(.*)?';
-my $doc_inline_start = '^\s*/\*\*\s*$';
-my $doc_inline_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@\s*[\w][\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;
-my %parameterdesc_start_lines;
-my @parameterlist;
-my %sections;
-my @sectionlist;
-my %section_start_lines;
-my $sectcheck;
-my $struct_actual;
-
-my $contents = "";
-my $new_start_line = 0;
-
-# the canonical section names. see also $doc_sect above.
-my $section_default = "Description";	# default section
-my $section_intro = "Introduction";
-my $section = $section_default;
-my $section_context = "Context";
-my $section_return = "Return";
-
-my $undescribed = "-- undescribed --";
-
-reset_state();
-
-while ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^--?(.*)/) {
-    my $cmd = $1;
-    shift @ARGV;
-    if ($cmd eq "man") {
-	$output_mode = "man";
-	@highlights = @highlights_man;
-	$blankline = $blankline_man;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "rst") {
-	$output_mode = "rst";
-	@highlights = @highlights_rst;
-	$blankline = $blankline_rst;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "none") {
-	$output_mode = "none";
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "module") { # not needed for XML, inherits from calling document
-	$modulename = shift @ARGV;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "function") { # to only output specific functions
-	$output_selection = OUTPUT_INCLUDE;
-	$function = shift @ARGV;
-	$function_table{$function} = 1;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "nosymbol") { # Exclude specific symbols
-	my $symbol = shift @ARGV;
-	$nosymbol_table{$symbol} = 1;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "export") { # only exported symbols
-	$output_selection = OUTPUT_EXPORTED;
-	%function_table = ();
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "internal") { # only non-exported symbols
-	$output_selection = OUTPUT_INTERNAL;
-	%function_table = ();
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "export-file") {
-	my $file = shift @ARGV;
-	push(@export_file_list, $file);
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "v") {
-	$verbose = 1;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "Werror") {
-	$Werror = 1;
-    } elsif (($cmd eq "h") || ($cmd eq "help")) {
-	usage();
-    } elsif ($cmd eq 'no-doc-sections') {
-	    $no_doc_sections = 1;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq 'enable-lineno') {
-	    $enable_lineno = 1;
-    } elsif ($cmd eq 'show-not-found') {
-	$show_not_found = 1;  # A no-op but don't fail
-    } elsif ($cmd eq "sphinx-version") {
-	my $ver_string = shift @ARGV;
-	if ($ver_string =~ m/^(\d+)(\.\d+)?(\.\d+)?/) {
-	    $sphinx_major = $1;
-	    if (defined($2)) {
-		$sphinx_minor = substr($2,1);
-	    } else {
-		$sphinx_minor = 0;
-	    }
-	    if (defined($3)) {
-		$sphinx_patch = substr($3,1)
-	    } else {
-		$sphinx_patch = 0;
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    die "Sphinx version should either major.minor or major.minor.patch format\n";
-	}
-    } else {
-	# Unknown argument
-        usage();
-    }
-}
-
-# continue execution near EOF;
-
-# The C domain dialect changed on Sphinx 3. So, we need to check the
-# version in order to produce the right tags.
-sub findprog($)
-{
-	foreach(split(/:/, $ENV{PATH})) {
-		return "$_/$_[0]" if(-x "$_/$_[0]");
-	}
-}
-
-sub get_sphinx_version()
-{
-	my $ver;
-
-	my $cmd = "sphinx-build";
-	if (!findprog($cmd)) {
-		my $cmd = "sphinx-build3";
-		if (!findprog($cmd)) {
-			$sphinx_major = 1;
-			$sphinx_minor = 2;
-			$sphinx_patch = 0;
-			printf STDERR "Warning: Sphinx version not found. Using default (Sphinx version %d.%d.%d)\n",
-			       $sphinx_major, $sphinx_minor, $sphinx_patch;
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	open IN, "$cmd --version 2>&1 |";
-	while (<IN>) {
-		if (m/^\s*sphinx-build\s+([\d]+)\.([\d\.]+)(\+\/[\da-f]+)?$/) {
-			$sphinx_major = $1;
-			$sphinx_minor = $2;
-			$sphinx_patch = $3;
-			last;
-		}
-		# Sphinx 1.2.x uses a different format
-		if (m/^\s*Sphinx.*\s+([\d]+)\.([\d\.]+)$/) {
-			$sphinx_major = $1;
-			$sphinx_minor = $2;
-			$sphinx_patch = $3;
-			last;
-		}
-	}
-	close IN;
-}
-
-# get kernel version from env
-sub get_kernel_version() {
-    my $version = 'unknown kernel version';
-
-    if (defined($ENV{'KERNELVERSION'})) {
-	$version = $ENV{'KERNELVERSION'};
-    }
-    return $version;
-}
-
-#
-sub print_lineno {
-    my $lineno = shift;
-    if ($enable_lineno && defined($lineno)) {
-        print "#define LINENO " . $lineno . "\n";
-    }
-}
-##
-# dumps section contents to arrays/hashes intended for that purpose.
-#
-sub dump_section {
-    my $file = shift;
-    my $name = shift;
-    my $contents = join "\n", @_;
-
-    if ($name =~ m/$type_param/) {
-	$name = $1;
-	$parameterdescs{$name} = $contents;
-	$sectcheck = $sectcheck . $name . " ";
-        $parameterdesc_start_lines{$name} = $new_start_line;
-        $new_start_line = 0;
-    } elsif ($name eq "@\.\.\.") {
-	$name = "...";
-	$parameterdescs{$name} = $contents;
-	$sectcheck = $sectcheck . $name . " ";
-        $parameterdesc_start_lines{$name} = $new_start_line;
-        $new_start_line = 0;
-    } else {
-	if (defined($sections{$name}) && ($sections{$name} ne "")) {
-	    # Only warn on user specified duplicate section names.
-	    if ($name ne $section_default) {
-		print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: duplicate section name '$name'\n";
-		++$warnings;
-	    }
-	    $sections{$name} .= $contents;
-	} else {
-	    $sections{$name} = $contents;
-	    push @sectionlist, $name;
-            $section_start_lines{$name} = $new_start_line;
-            $new_start_line = 0;
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# dump DOC: section after checking that it should go out
-#
-sub dump_doc_section {
-    my $file = shift;
-    my $name = shift;
-    my $contents = join "\n", @_;
-
-    if ($no_doc_sections) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    return if (defined($nosymbol_table{$name}));
-
-    if (($output_selection == OUTPUT_ALL) ||
-	(($output_selection == OUTPUT_INCLUDE) &&
-	 defined($function_table{$name})))
-    {
-	dump_section($file, $name, $contents);
-	output_blockhead({'sectionlist' => \@sectionlist,
-			  'sections' => \%sections,
-			  'module' => $modulename,
-			  'content-only' => ($output_selection != OUTPUT_ALL), });
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# output function
-#
-# parameterdescs, a hash.
-#  function => "function name"
-#  parameterlist => @list of parameters
-#  parameterdescs => %parameter descriptions
-#  sectionlist => @list of sections
-#  sections => %section descriptions
-#
-
-sub output_highlight {
-    my $contents = join "\n",@_;
-    my $line;
-
-#   DEBUG
-#   if (!defined $contents) {
-#	use Carp;
-#	confess "output_highlight got called with no args?\n";
-#   }
-
-#   print STDERR "contents b4:$contents\n";
-    eval $dohighlight;
-    die $@ if $@;
-#   print STDERR "contents af:$contents\n";
-
-    foreach $line (split "\n", $contents) {
-	if (! $output_preformatted) {
-	    $line =~ s/^\s*//;
-	}
-	if ($line eq ""){
-	    if (! $output_preformatted) {
-		print $lineprefix, $blankline;
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    if ($output_mode eq "man" && substr($line, 0, 1) eq ".") {
-		print "\\&$line";
-	    } else {
-		print $lineprefix, $line;
-	    }
-	}
-	print "\n";
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# output function in man
-sub output_function_man(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter, $section);
-    my $count;
-
-    print ".TH \"$args{'function'}\" 9 \"$args{'function'}\" \"$man_date\" \"Kernel Hacker's Manual\" LINUX\n";
-
-    print ".SH NAME\n";
-    print $args{'function'} . " \\- " . $args{'purpose'} . "\n";
-
-    print ".SH SYNOPSIS\n";
-    if ($args{'functiontype'} ne "") {
-	print ".B \"" . $args{'functiontype'} . "\" " . $args{'function'} . "\n";
-    } else {
-	print ".B \"" . $args{'function'} . "\n";
-    }
-    $count = 0;
-    my $parenth = "(";
-    my $post = ",";
-    foreach my $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	if ($count == $#{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	    $post = ");";
-	}
-	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
-	if ($type =~ m/([^\(]*\(\*)\s*\)\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
-	    # pointer-to-function
-	    print ".BI \"" . $parenth . $1 . "\" " . " \") (" . $2 . ")" . $post . "\"\n";
-	} else {
-	    $type =~ s/([^\*])$/$1 /;
-	    print ".BI \"" . $parenth . $type . "\" " . " \"" . $post . "\"\n";
-	}
-	$count++;
-	$parenth = "";
-    }
-
-    print ".SH ARGUMENTS\n";
-    foreach $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	my $parameter_name = $parameter;
-	$parameter_name =~ s/\[.*//;
-
-	print ".IP \"" . $parameter . "\" 12\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
-    }
-    foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
-	print ".SH \"", uc $section, "\"\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'sections'}{$section});
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# output enum in man
-sub output_enum_man(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter, $section);
-    my $count;
-
-    print ".TH \"$args{'module'}\" 9 \"enum $args{'enum'}\" \"$man_date\" \"API Manual\" LINUX\n";
-
-    print ".SH NAME\n";
-    print "enum " . $args{'enum'} . " \\- " . $args{'purpose'} . "\n";
-
-    print ".SH SYNOPSIS\n";
-    print "enum " . $args{'enum'} . " {\n";
-    $count = 0;
-    foreach my $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	print ".br\n.BI \"    $parameter\"\n";
-	if ($count == $#{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	    print "\n};\n";
-	    last;
-	}
-	else {
-	    print ", \n.br\n";
-	}
-	$count++;
-    }
-
-    print ".SH Constants\n";
-    foreach $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	my $parameter_name = $parameter;
-	$parameter_name =~ s/\[.*//;
-
-	print ".IP \"" . $parameter . "\" 12\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
-    }
-    foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
-	print ".SH \"$section\"\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'sections'}{$section});
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# output struct in man
-sub output_struct_man(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter, $section);
-
-    print ".TH \"$args{'module'}\" 9 \"" . $args{'type'} . " " . $args{'struct'} . "\" \"$man_date\" \"API Manual\" LINUX\n";
-
-    print ".SH NAME\n";
-    print $args{'type'} . " " . $args{'struct'} . " \\- " . $args{'purpose'} . "\n";
-
-    my $declaration = $args{'definition'};
-    $declaration =~ s/\t/  /g;
-    $declaration =~ s/\n/"\n.br\n.BI \"/g;
-    print ".SH SYNOPSIS\n";
-    print $args{'type'} . " " . $args{'struct'} . " {\n.br\n";
-    print ".BI \"$declaration\n};\n.br\n\n";
-
-    print ".SH Members\n";
-    foreach $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	($parameter =~ /^#/) && next;
-
-	my $parameter_name = $parameter;
-	$parameter_name =~ s/\[.*//;
-
-	($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name} ne $undescribed) || next;
-	print ".IP \"" . $parameter . "\" 12\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
-    }
-    foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
-	print ".SH \"$section\"\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'sections'}{$section});
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# output typedef in man
-sub output_typedef_man(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter, $section);
-
-    print ".TH \"$args{'module'}\" 9 \"$args{'typedef'}\" \"$man_date\" \"API Manual\" LINUX\n";
-
-    print ".SH NAME\n";
-    print "typedef " . $args{'typedef'} . " \\- " . $args{'purpose'} . "\n";
-
-    foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
-	print ".SH \"$section\"\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'sections'}{$section});
-    }
-}
-
-sub output_blockhead_man(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter, $section);
-    my $count;
-
-    print ".TH \"$args{'module'}\" 9 \"$args{'module'}\" \"$man_date\" \"API Manual\" LINUX\n";
-
-    foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
-	print ".SH \"$section\"\n";
-	output_highlight($args{'sections'}{$section});
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# output in restructured text
-#
-
-#
-# This could use some work; it's used to output the DOC: sections, and
-# starts by putting out the name of the doc section itself, but that tends
-# to duplicate a header already in the template file.
-#
-sub output_blockhead_rst(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter, $section);
-
-    foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
-	next if (defined($nosymbol_table{$section}));
-
-	if ($output_selection != OUTPUT_INCLUDE) {
-	    print "**$section**\n\n";
-	}
-        print_lineno($section_start_lines{$section});
-	output_highlight_rst($args{'sections'}{$section});
-	print "\n";
-    }
-}
-
-#
-# 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;
-}
-
-#
-# 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 . $line . "\n";
-    }
-}
-
-sub output_function_rst(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter, $section);
-    my $oldprefix = $lineprefix;
-    my $start = "";
-    my $is_macro = 0;
-
-    if ($sphinx_major < 3) {
-	if ($args{'typedef'}) {
-	    print ".. c:type:: ". $args{'function'} . "\n\n";
-	    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
-	    print "   **Typedef**: ";
-	    $lineprefix = "";
-	    output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
-	    $start = "\n\n**Syntax**\n\n  ``";
-	    $is_macro = 1;
-	} else {
-	    print ".. c:function:: ";
-	}
-    } else {
-	if ($args{'typedef'} || $args{'functiontype'} eq "") {
-	    $is_macro = 1;
-	    print ".. c:macro:: ". $args{'function'} . "\n\n";
-	} else {
-	    print ".. c:function:: ";
-	}
-
-	if ($args{'typedef'}) {
-	    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
-	    print "   **Typedef**: ";
-	    $lineprefix = "";
-	    output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
-	    $start = "\n\n**Syntax**\n\n  ``";
-	} else {
-	    print "``" if ($is_macro);
-	}
-    }
-    if ($args{'functiontype'} ne "") {
-	$start .= $args{'functiontype'} . " " . $args{'function'} . " (";
-    } else {
-	$start .= $args{'function'} . " (";
-    }
-    print $start;
-
-    my $count = 0;
-    foreach my $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	if ($count ne 0) {
-	    print ", ";
-	}
-	$count++;
-	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
-
-	if ($type =~ m/([^\(]*\(\*)\s*\)\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
-	    # pointer-to-function
-	    print $1 . $parameter . ") (" . $2 . ")";
-	} else {
-	    print $type;
-	}
-    }
-    if ($is_macro) {
-	print ")``\n\n";
-    } else {
-	print ")\n\n";
-    }
-    if (!$args{'typedef'}) {
-	print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
-	$lineprefix = "   ";
-	output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
-	print "\n";
-    }
-
-    print "**Parameters**\n\n";
-    $lineprefix = "  ";
-    foreach $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	my $parameter_name = $parameter;
-	$parameter_name =~ s/\[.*//;
-	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
-
-	if ($type ne "") {
-	    print "``$type``\n";
-	} else {
-	    print "``$parameter``\n";
-	}
-
-        print_lineno($parameterdesc_start_lines{$parameter_name});
-
-	if (defined($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name}) &&
-	    $args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name} ne $undescribed) {
-	    output_highlight_rst($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
-	} else {
-	    print "  *undescribed*\n";
-	}
-	print "\n";
-    }
-
-    $lineprefix = $oldprefix;
-    output_section_rst(@_);
-}
-
-sub output_section_rst(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my $section;
-    my $oldprefix = $lineprefix;
-    $lineprefix = "";
-
-    foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
-	print "**$section**\n\n";
-        print_lineno($section_start_lines{$section});
-	output_highlight_rst($args{'sections'}{$section});
-	print "\n";
-    }
-    print "\n";
-    $lineprefix = $oldprefix;
-}
-
-sub output_enum_rst(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter);
-    my $oldprefix = $lineprefix;
-    my $count;
-
-    if ($sphinx_major < 3) {
-	my $name = "enum " . $args{'enum'};
-	print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
-    } else {
-	my $name = $args{'enum'};
-	print "\n\n.. c:enum:: " . $name . "\n\n";
-    }
-    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
-    $lineprefix = "   ";
-    output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
-    print "\n";
-
-    print "**Constants**\n\n";
-    $lineprefix = "  ";
-    foreach $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	print "``$parameter``\n";
-	if ($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter} ne $undescribed) {
-	    output_highlight_rst($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter});
-	} else {
-	    print "  *undescribed*\n";
-	}
-	print "\n";
-    }
-
-    $lineprefix = $oldprefix;
-    output_section_rst(@_);
-}
-
-sub output_typedef_rst(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter);
-    my $oldprefix = $lineprefix;
-    my $name;
-
-    if ($sphinx_major < 3) {
-	$name = "typedef " . $args{'typedef'};
-    } else {
-	$name = $args{'typedef'};
-    }
-    print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
-    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
-    $lineprefix = "   ";
-    output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
-    print "\n";
-
-    $lineprefix = $oldprefix;
-    output_section_rst(@_);
-}
-
-sub output_struct_rst(%) {
-    my %args = %{$_[0]};
-    my ($parameter);
-    my $oldprefix = $lineprefix;
-
-    if ($sphinx_major < 3) {
-	my $name = $args{'type'} . " " . $args{'struct'};
-	print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
-    } else {
-	my $name = $args{'struct'};
-	if ($args{'type'} eq 'union') {
-	    print "\n\n.. c:union:: " . $name . "\n\n";
-	} else {
-	    print "\n\n.. c:struct:: " . $name . "\n\n";
-	}
-    }
-    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
-    $lineprefix = "   ";
-    output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
-    print "\n";
-
-    print "**Definition**\n\n";
-    print "::\n\n";
-    my $declaration = $args{'definition'};
-    $declaration =~ s/\t/  /g;
-    print "  " . $args{'type'} . " " . $args{'struct'} . " {\n$declaration  };\n\n";
-
-    print "**Members**\n\n";
-    $lineprefix = "  ";
-    foreach $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
-	($parameter =~ /^#/) && next;
-
-	my $parameter_name = $parameter;
-	$parameter_name =~ s/\[.*//;
-
-	($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name} ne $undescribed) || next;
-	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
-        print_lineno($parameterdesc_start_lines{$parameter_name});
-	print "``" . $parameter . "``\n";
-	output_highlight_rst($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
-	print "\n";
-    }
-    print "\n";
-
-    $lineprefix = $oldprefix;
-    output_section_rst(@_);
-}
-
-## none mode output functions
-
-sub output_function_none(%) {
-}
-
-sub output_enum_none(%) {
-}
-
-sub output_typedef_none(%) {
-}
-
-sub output_struct_none(%) {
-}
-
-sub output_blockhead_none(%) {
-}
-
-##
-# generic output function for all types (function, struct/union, typedef, enum);
-# calls the generated, variable output_ function name based on
-# functype and output_mode
-sub output_declaration {
-    no strict 'refs';
-    my $name = shift;
-    my $functype = shift;
-    my $func = "output_${functype}_$output_mode";
-
-    return if (defined($nosymbol_table{$name}));
-
-    if (($output_selection == OUTPUT_ALL) ||
-	(($output_selection == OUTPUT_INCLUDE ||
-	  $output_selection == OUTPUT_EXPORTED) &&
-	 defined($function_table{$name})) ||
-	($output_selection == OUTPUT_INTERNAL &&
-	 !($functype eq "function" && defined($function_table{$name}))))
-    {
-	&$func(@_);
-	$section_counter++;
-    }
-}
-
-##
-# generic output function - calls the right one based on current output mode.
-sub output_blockhead {
-    no strict 'refs';
-    my $func = "output_blockhead_" . $output_mode;
-    &$func(@_);
-    $section_counter++;
-}
-
-##
-# takes a declaration (struct, union, enum, typedef) and
-# invokes the right handler. NOT called for functions.
-sub dump_declaration($$) {
-    no strict 'refs';
-    my ($prototype, $file) = @_;
-    my $func = "dump_" . $decl_type;
-    &$func(@_);
-}
-
-sub dump_union($$) {
-    dump_struct(@_);
-}
-
-sub dump_struct($$) {
-    my $x = shift;
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    if ($x =~ /(struct|union)\s+(\w+)\s*\{(.*)\}(\s*(__packed|__aligned|____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|____cacheline_aligned|__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z0-9,_\s\(\)]*\)\)))*/) {
-	my $decl_type = $1;
-	$declaration_name = $2;
-	my $members = $3;
-
-	# ignore members marked private:
-	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*?\/\*\s*public:.*?\*\///gosi;
-	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*//gosi;
-	# strip comments:
-	$members =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
-	# strip attributes
-	$members =~ s/\s*__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z0-9,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)/ /gi;
-	$members =~ s/\s*__aligned\s*\([^;]*\)/ /gos;
-	$members =~ s/\s*__packed\s*/ /gos;
-	$members =~ s/\s*CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR/ /gos;
-	$members =~ s/\s*____cacheline_aligned_in_smp/ /gos;
-	$members =~ s/\s*____cacheline_aligned/ /gos;
-
-	# replace DECLARE_BITMAP
-	$members =~ s/__ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK\s*\(([^\)]+)\)/DECLARE_BITMAP($1, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS)/gos;
-	$members =~ s/DECLARE_BITMAP\s*\(([^,)]+),\s*([^,)]+)\)/unsigned long $1\[BITS_TO_LONGS($2)\]/gos;
-	# replace DECLARE_HASHTABLE
-	$members =~ s/DECLARE_HASHTABLE\s*\(([^,)]+),\s*([^,)]+)\)/unsigned long $1\[1 << (($2) - 1)\]/gos;
-	# replace DECLARE_KFIFO
-	$members =~ s/DECLARE_KFIFO\s*\(([^,)]+),\s*([^,)]+),\s*([^,)]+)\)/$2 \*$1/gos;
-	# replace DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR
-	$members =~ s/DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR\s*\(([^,)]+),\s*([^,)]+)\)/$2 \*$1/gos;
-
-	my $declaration = $members;
-
-	# Split nested struct/union elements as newer ones
-	while ($members =~ m/(struct|union)([^\{\};]+)\{([^\{\}]*)\}([^\{\}\;]*)\;/) {
-		my $newmember;
-		my $maintype = $1;
-		my $ids = $4;
-		my $content = $3;
-		foreach my $id(split /,/, $ids) {
-			$newmember .= "$maintype $id; ";
-
-			$id =~ s/[:\[].*//;
-			$id =~ s/^\s*\**(\S+)\s*/$1/;
-			foreach my $arg (split /;/, $content) {
-				next if ($arg =~ m/^\s*$/);
-				if ($arg =~ m/^([^\(]+\(\*?\s*)([\w\.]*)(\s*\).*)/) {
-					# pointer-to-function
-					my $type = $1;
-					my $name = $2;
-					my $extra = $3;
-					next if (!$name);
-					if ($id =~ m/^\s*$/) {
-						# anonymous struct/union
-						$newmember .= "$type$name$extra; ";
-					} else {
-						$newmember .= "$type$id.$name$extra; ";
-					}
-				} else {
-					my $type;
-					my $names;
-					$arg =~ s/^\s+//;
-					$arg =~ s/\s+$//;
-					# Handle bitmaps
-					$arg =~ s/:\s*\d+\s*//g;
-					# Handle arrays
-					$arg =~ s/\[.*\]//g;
-					# The type may have multiple words,
-					# and multiple IDs can be defined, like:
-					#	const struct foo, *bar, foobar
-					# So, we remove spaces when parsing the
-					# names, in order to match just names
-					# and commas for the names
-					$arg =~ s/\s*,\s*/,/g;
-					if ($arg =~ m/(.*)\s+([\S+,]+)/) {
-						$type = $1;
-						$names = $2;
-					} else {
-						$newmember .= "$arg; ";
-						next;
-					}
-					foreach my $name (split /,/, $names) {
-						$name =~ s/^\s*\**(\S+)\s*/$1/;
-						next if (($name =~ m/^\s*$/));
-						if ($id =~ m/^\s*$/) {
-							# anonymous struct/union
-							$newmember .= "$type $name; ";
-						} else {
-							$newmember .= "$type $id.$name; ";
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		$members =~ s/(struct|union)([^\{\};]+)\{([^\{\}]*)\}([^\{\}\;]*)\;/$newmember/;
-	}
-
-	# Ignore other nested elements, like enums
-	$members =~ s/(\{[^\{\}]*\})//g;
-
-	create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file, $declaration_name);
-	check_sections($file, $declaration_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $struct_actual);
-
-	# Adjust declaration for better display
-	$declaration =~ s/([\{;])/$1\n/g;
-	$declaration =~ s/\}\s+;/};/g;
-	# Better handle inlined enums
-	do {} while ($declaration =~ s/(enum\s+\{[^\}]+),([^\n])/$1,\n$2/);
-
-	my @def_args = split /\n/, $declaration;
-	my $level = 1;
-	$declaration = "";
-	foreach my $clause (@def_args) {
-		$clause =~ s/^\s+//;
-		$clause =~ s/\s+$//;
-		$clause =~ s/\s+/ /;
-		next if (!$clause);
-		$level-- if ($clause =~ m/(\})/ && $level > 1);
-		if (!($clause =~ m/^\s*#/)) {
-			$declaration .= "\t" x $level;
-		}
-		$declaration .= "\t" . $clause . "\n";
-		$level++ if ($clause =~ m/(\{)/ && !($clause =~m/\}/));
-	}
-	output_declaration($declaration_name,
-			   'struct',
-			   {'struct' => $declaration_name,
-			    'module' => $modulename,
-			    'definition' => $declaration,
-			    'parameterlist' => \@parameterlist,
-			    'parameterdescs' => \%parameterdescs,
-			    'parametertypes' => \%parametertypes,
-			    'sectionlist' => \@sectionlist,
-			    'sections' => \%sections,
-			    'purpose' => $declaration_purpose,
-			    'type' => $decl_type
-			   });
-    }
-    else {
-	print STDERR "${file}:$.: error: Cannot parse struct or union!\n";
-	++$errors;
-    }
-}
-
-
-sub show_warnings($$) {
-	my $functype = shift;
-	my $name = shift;
-
-	return 0 if (defined($nosymbol_table{$name}));
-
-	return 1 if ($output_selection == OUTPUT_ALL);
-
-	if ($output_selection == OUTPUT_EXPORTED) {
-		if (defined($function_table{$name})) {
-			return 1;
-		} else {
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-        if ($output_selection == OUTPUT_INTERNAL) {
-		if (!($functype eq "function" && defined($function_table{$name}))) {
-			return 1;
-		} else {
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-	if ($output_selection == OUTPUT_INCLUDE) {
-		if (defined($function_table{$name})) {
-			return 1;
-		} else {
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-	die("Please add the new output type at show_warnings()");
-}
-
-sub dump_enum($$) {
-    my $x = shift;
-    my $file = shift;
-    my $members;
-
-
-    $x =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
-    # strip #define macros inside enums
-    $x =~ s@#\s*((define|ifdef)\s+|endif)[^;]*;@@gos;
-
-    if ($x =~ /typedef\s+enum\s*\{(.*)\}\s*(\w*)\s*;/) {
-	$declaration_name = $2;
-	$members = $1;
-    } elsif ($x =~ /enum\s+(\w*)\s*\{(.*)\}/) {
-	$declaration_name = $1;
-	$members = $2;
-    }
-
-    if ($declaration_name) {
-	my %_members;
-
-	$members =~ s/\s+$//;
-
-	foreach my $arg (split ',', $members) {
-	    $arg =~ s/^\s*(\w+).*/$1/;
-	    push @parameterlist, $arg;
-	    if (!$parameterdescs{$arg}) {
-		$parameterdescs{$arg} = $undescribed;
-	        if (show_warnings("enum", $declaration_name)) {
-			print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: Enum value '$arg' not described in enum '$declaration_name'\n";
-		}
-	    }
-	    $_members{$arg} = 1;
-	}
-
-	while (my ($k, $v) = each %parameterdescs) {
-	    if (!exists($_members{$k})) {
-	        if (show_warnings("enum", $declaration_name)) {
-		     print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: Excess enum value '$k' description in '$declaration_name'\n";
-		}
-	    }
-        }
-
-	output_declaration($declaration_name,
-			   'enum',
-			   {'enum' => $declaration_name,
-			    'module' => $modulename,
-			    'parameterlist' => \@parameterlist,
-			    'parameterdescs' => \%parameterdescs,
-			    'sectionlist' => \@sectionlist,
-			    'sections' => \%sections,
-			    'purpose' => $declaration_purpose
-			   });
-    } else {
-	print STDERR "${file}:$.: error: Cannot parse enum!\n";
-	++$errors;
-    }
-}
-
-my $typedef_type = qr { ((?:\s+[\w\*]+){1,8})\s* }x;
-my $typedef_ident = qr { \*?\s*(\w\S+)\s* }x;
-my $typedef_args = qr { \s*\((.*)\); }x;
-
-my $typedef1 = qr { typedef$typedef_type\($typedef_ident\)$typedef_args }x;
-my $typedef2 = qr { typedef$typedef_type$typedef_ident$typedef_args }x;
-
-sub dump_typedef($$) {
-    my $x = shift;
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    $x =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
-
-    # Parse function typedef prototypes
-    if ($x =~ $typedef1 || $x =~ $typedef2) {
-	$return_type = $1;
-	$declaration_name = $2;
-	my $args = $3;
-	$return_type =~ s/^\s+//;
-
-	create_parameterlist($args, ',', $file, $declaration_name);
-
-	output_declaration($declaration_name,
-			   'function',
-			   {'function' => $declaration_name,
-			    'typedef' => 1,
-			    'module' => $modulename,
-			    'functiontype' => $return_type,
-			    'parameterlist' => \@parameterlist,
-			    'parameterdescs' => \%parameterdescs,
-			    'parametertypes' => \%parametertypes,
-			    'sectionlist' => \@sectionlist,
-			    'sections' => \%sections,
-			    'purpose' => $declaration_purpose
-			   });
-	return;
-    }
-
-    while (($x =~ /\(*.\)\s*;$/) || ($x =~ /\[*.\]\s*;$/)) {
-	$x =~ s/\(*.\)\s*;$/;/;
-	$x =~ s/\[*.\]\s*;$/;/;
-    }
-
-    if ($x =~ /typedef.*\s+(\w+)\s*;/) {
-	$declaration_name = $1;
-
-	output_declaration($declaration_name,
-			   'typedef',
-			   {'typedef' => $declaration_name,
-			    'module' => $modulename,
-			    'sectionlist' => \@sectionlist,
-			    'sections' => \%sections,
-			    'purpose' => $declaration_purpose
-			   });
-    }
-    else {
-	print STDERR "${file}:$.: error: Cannot parse typedef!\n";
-	++$errors;
-    }
-}
-
-sub save_struct_actual($) {
-    my $actual = shift;
-
-    # strip all spaces from the actual param so that it looks like one string item
-    $actual =~ s/\s*//g;
-    $struct_actual = $struct_actual . $actual . " ";
-}
-
-sub create_parameterlist($$$$) {
-    my $args = shift;
-    my $splitter = shift;
-    my $file = shift;
-    my $declaration_name = shift;
-    my $type;
-    my $param;
-
-    # temporarily replace commas inside function pointer definition
-    while ($args =~ /(\([^\),]+),/) {
-	$args =~ s/(\([^\),]+),/$1#/g;
-    }
-
-    foreach my $arg (split($splitter, $args)) {
-	# strip comments
-	$arg =~ s/\/\*.*\*\///;
-	# strip leading/trailing spaces
-	$arg =~ s/^\s*//;
-	$arg =~ s/\s*$//;
-	$arg =~ s/\s+/ /;
-
-	if ($arg =~ /^#/) {
-	    # Treat preprocessor directive as a typeless variable just to fill
-	    # corresponding data structures "correctly". Catch it later in
-	    # output_* subs.
-	    push_parameter($arg, "", "", $file);
-	} elsif ($arg =~ m/\(.+\)\s*\(/) {
-	    # pointer-to-function
-	    $arg =~ tr/#/,/;
-	    $arg =~ m/[^\(]+\(\*?\s*([\w\.]*)\s*\)/;
-	    $param = $1;
-	    $type = $arg;
-	    $type =~ s/([^\(]+\(\*?)\s*$param/$1/;
-	    save_struct_actual($param);
-	    push_parameter($param, $type, $arg, $file, $declaration_name);
-	} elsif ($arg) {
-	    $arg =~ s/\s*:\s*/:/g;
-	    $arg =~ s/\s*\[/\[/g;
-
-	    my @args = split('\s*,\s*', $arg);
-	    if ($args[0] =~ m/\*/) {
-		$args[0] =~ s/(\*+)\s*/ $1/;
-	    }
-
-	    my @first_arg;
-	    if ($args[0] =~ /^(.*\s+)(.*?\[.*\].*)$/) {
-		    shift @args;
-		    push(@first_arg, split('\s+', $1));
-		    push(@first_arg, $2);
-	    } else {
-		    @first_arg = split('\s+', shift @args);
-	    }
-
-	    unshift(@args, pop @first_arg);
-	    $type = join " ", @first_arg;
-
-	    foreach $param (@args) {
-		if ($param =~ m/^(\*+)\s*(.*)/) {
-		    save_struct_actual($2);
-
-		    push_parameter($2, "$type $1", $arg, $file, $declaration_name);
-		}
-		elsif ($param =~ m/(.*?):(\d+)/) {
-		    if ($type ne "") { # skip unnamed bit-fields
-			save_struct_actual($1);
-			push_parameter($1, "$type:$2", $arg, $file, $declaration_name)
-		    }
-		}
-		else {
-		    save_struct_actual($param);
-		    push_parameter($param, $type, $arg, $file, $declaration_name);
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-sub push_parameter($$$$$) {
-	my $param = shift;
-	my $type = shift;
-	my $org_arg = shift;
-	my $file = shift;
-	my $declaration_name = shift;
-
-	if (($anon_struct_union == 1) && ($type eq "") &&
-	    ($param eq "}")) {
-		return;		# ignore the ending }; from anon. struct/union
-	}
-
-	$anon_struct_union = 0;
-	$param =~ s/[\[\)].*//;
-
-	if ($type eq "" && $param =~ /\.\.\.$/)
-	{
-	    if (!$param =~ /\w\.\.\.$/) {
-	      # handles unnamed variable parameters
-	      $param = "...";
-	    }
-	    elsif ($param =~ /\w\.\.\.$/) {
-	      # for named variable parameters of the form `x...`, remove the dots
-	      $param =~ s/\.\.\.$//;
-	    }
-	    if (!defined $parameterdescs{$param} || $parameterdescs{$param} eq "") {
-		$parameterdescs{$param} = "variable arguments";
-	    }
-	}
-	elsif ($type eq "" && ($param eq "" or $param eq "void"))
-	{
-	    $param="void";
-	    $parameterdescs{void} = "no arguments";
-	}
-	elsif ($type eq "" && ($param eq "struct" or $param eq "union"))
-	# handle unnamed (anonymous) union or struct:
-	{
-		$type = $param;
-		$param = "{unnamed_" . $param . "}";
-		$parameterdescs{$param} = "anonymous\n";
-		$anon_struct_union = 1;
-	}
-
-	# warn if parameter has no description
-	# (but ignore ones starting with # as these are not parameters
-	# but inline preprocessor statements);
-	# Note: It will also ignore void params and unnamed structs/unions
-	if (!defined $parameterdescs{$param} && $param !~ /^#/) {
-		$parameterdescs{$param} = $undescribed;
-
-	        if (show_warnings($type, $declaration_name) && $param !~ /\./) {
-			print STDERR
-			      "${file}:$.: warning: Function parameter or member '$param' not described in '$declaration_name'\n";
-			++$warnings;
-		}
-	}
-
-	# strip spaces from $param so that it is one continuous string
-	# on @parameterlist;
-	# this fixes a problem where check_sections() cannot find
-	# a parameter like "addr[6 + 2]" because it actually appears
-	# as "addr[6", "+", "2]" on the parameter list;
-	# but it's better to maintain the param string unchanged for output,
-	# so just weaken the string compare in check_sections() to ignore
-	# "[blah" in a parameter string;
-	###$param =~ s/\s*//g;
-	push @parameterlist, $param;
-	$org_arg =~ s/\s\s+/ /g;
-	$parametertypes{$param} = $org_arg;
-}
-
-sub check_sections($$$$$) {
-	my ($file, $decl_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $prmscheck) = @_;
-	my @sects = split ' ', $sectcheck;
-	my @prms = split ' ', $prmscheck;
-	my $err;
-	my ($px, $sx);
-	my $prm_clean;		# strip trailing "[array size]" and/or beginning "*"
-
-	foreach $sx (0 .. $#sects) {
-		$err = 1;
-		foreach $px (0 .. $#prms) {
-			$prm_clean = $prms[$px];
-			$prm_clean =~ s/\[.*\]//;
-			$prm_clean =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)//i;
-			# ignore array size in a parameter string;
-			# however, the original param string may contain
-			# spaces, e.g.:  addr[6 + 2]
-			# and this appears in @prms as "addr[6" since the
-			# parameter list is split at spaces;
-			# hence just ignore "[..." for the sections check;
-			$prm_clean =~ s/\[.*//;
-
-			##$prm_clean =~ s/^\**//;
-			if ($prm_clean eq $sects[$sx]) {
-				$err = 0;
-				last;
-			}
-		}
-		if ($err) {
-			if ($decl_type eq "function") {
-				print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: " .
-					"Excess function parameter " .
-					"'$sects[$sx]' " .
-					"description in '$decl_name'\n";
-				++$warnings;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-##
-# Checks the section describing the return value of a function.
-sub check_return_section {
-        my $file = shift;
-        my $declaration_name = shift;
-        my $return_type = shift;
-
-        # Ignore an empty return type (It's a macro)
-        # Ignore functions with a "void" return type. (But don't ignore "void *")
-        if (($return_type eq "") || ($return_type =~ /void\s*\w*\s*$/)) {
-                return;
-        }
-
-        if (!defined($sections{$section_return}) ||
-            $sections{$section_return} eq "") {
-                print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: " .
-                        "No description found for return value of " .
-                        "'$declaration_name'\n";
-                ++$warnings;
-        }
-}
-
-##
-# takes a function prototype and the name of the current file being
-# processed and spits out all the details stored in the global
-# arrays/hashes.
-sub dump_function($$) {
-    my $prototype = shift;
-    my $file = shift;
-    my $noret = 0;
-
-    print_lineno($new_start_line);
-
-    $prototype =~ s/^static +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/^extern +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/^asmlinkage +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/^inline +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/^__inline__ +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/^__inline +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/^__always_inline +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/^noinline +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__init +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__init_or_module +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__meminit +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__must_check +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__weak +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__sched +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__printf\s*\(\s*\d*\s*,\s*\d*\s*\) +//;
-    my $define = $prototype =~ s/^#\s*define\s+//; #ak added
-    $prototype =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\(
-            (?:
-                 [\w\s]++          # attribute name
-                 (?:\([^)]*+\))?   # attribute arguments
-                 \s*+,?            # optional comma at the end
-            )+
-          \)\)\s+//x;
-
-    # Strip QEMU specific compiler annotations
-    $prototype =~ s/QEMU_[A-Z_]+ +//;
-
-    # Yes, this truly is vile.  We are looking for:
-    # 1. Return type (may be nothing if we're looking at a macro)
-    # 2. Function name
-    # 3. Function parameters.
-    #
-    # All the while we have to watch out for function pointer parameters
-    # (which IIRC is what the two sections are for), C types (these
-    # regexps don't even start to express all the possibilities), and
-    # so on.
-    #
-    # If you mess with these regexps, it's a good idea to check that
-    # the following functions' documentation still comes out right:
-    # - parport_register_device (function pointer parameters)
-    # - atomic_set (macro)
-    # - pci_match_device, __copy_to_user (long return type)
-
-    if ($define && $prototype =~ m/^()([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s+/) {
-        # This is an object-like macro, it has no return type and no parameter
-        # list.
-        # Function-like macros are not allowed to have spaces between
-        # declaration_name and opening parenthesis (notice the \s+).
-        $return_type = $1;
-        $declaration_name = $2;
-        $noret = 1;
-    } elsif ($prototype =~ m/^()([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s*\*+)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s*\*+)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s*\*+)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\(]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^()([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s*\*+)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s*\*+)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s*\*+)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s*\*+)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/ ||
-	$prototype =~ m/^(\w+\s+\w+\s*\*+\s*\w+\s*\*+\s*)\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+)\s*\(([^\{]*)\)/)  {
-	$return_type = $1;
-	$declaration_name = $2;
-	my $args = $3;
-
-	create_parameterlist($args, ',', $file, $declaration_name);
-    } else {
-	print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: cannot understand function prototype: '$prototype'\n";
-	return;
-    }
-
-    my $prms = join " ", @parameterlist;
-    check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms);
-
-    # This check emits a lot of warnings at the moment, because many
-    # functions don't have a 'Return' doc section. So until the number
-    # of warnings goes sufficiently down, the check is only performed in
-    # verbose mode.
-    # TODO: always perform the check.
-    if ($verbose && !$noret) {
-	    check_return_section($file, $declaration_name, $return_type);
-    }
-
-    # The function parser can be called with a typedef parameter.
-    # Handle it.
-    if ($return_type =~ /typedef/) {
-	output_declaration($declaration_name,
-			   'function',
-			   {'function' => $declaration_name,
-			    'typedef' => 1,
-			    'module' => $modulename,
-			    'functiontype' => $return_type,
-			    'parameterlist' => \@parameterlist,
-			    'parameterdescs' => \%parameterdescs,
-			    'parametertypes' => \%parametertypes,
-			    'sectionlist' => \@sectionlist,
-			    'sections' => \%sections,
-			    'purpose' => $declaration_purpose
-			   });
-    } else {
-	output_declaration($declaration_name,
-			   'function',
-			   {'function' => $declaration_name,
-			    'module' => $modulename,
-			    'functiontype' => $return_type,
-			    'parameterlist' => \@parameterlist,
-			    'parameterdescs' => \%parameterdescs,
-			    'parametertypes' => \%parametertypes,
-			    'sectionlist' => \@sectionlist,
-			    'sections' => \%sections,
-			    'purpose' => $declaration_purpose
-			   });
-    }
-}
-
-sub reset_state {
-    $function = "";
-    %parameterdescs = ();
-    %parametertypes = ();
-    @parameterlist = ();
-    %sections = ();
-    @sectionlist = ();
-    $sectcheck = "";
-    $struct_actual = "";
-    $prototype = "";
-
-    $state = STATE_NORMAL;
-    $inline_doc_state = STATE_INLINE_NA;
-}
-
-sub tracepoint_munge($) {
-	my $file = shift;
-	my $tracepointname = 0;
-	my $tracepointargs = 0;
-
-	if ($prototype =~ m/TRACE_EVENT\((.*?),/) {
-		$tracepointname = $1;
-	}
-	if ($prototype =~ m/DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT\((.*?),/) {
-		$tracepointname = $1;
-	}
-	if ($prototype =~ m/DEFINE_EVENT\((.*?),(.*?),/) {
-		$tracepointname = $2;
-	}
-	$tracepointname =~ s/^\s+//; #strip leading whitespace
-	if ($prototype =~ m/TP_PROTO\((.*?)\)/) {
-		$tracepointargs = $1;
-	}
-	if (($tracepointname eq 0) || ($tracepointargs eq 0)) {
-		print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: Unrecognized tracepoint format: \n".
-			     "$prototype\n";
-	} else {
-		$prototype = "static inline void trace_$tracepointname($tracepointargs)";
-	}
-}
-
-sub syscall_munge() {
-	my $void = 0;
-
-	$prototype =~ s@[\r\n]+@ @gos; # strip newlines/CR's
-##	if ($prototype =~ m/SYSCALL_DEFINE0\s*\(\s*(a-zA-Z0-9_)*\s*\)/) {
-	if ($prototype =~ m/SYSCALL_DEFINE0/) {
-		$void = 1;
-##		$prototype = "long sys_$1(void)";
-	}
-
-	$prototype =~ s/SYSCALL_DEFINE.*\(/long sys_/; # fix return type & func name
-	if ($prototype =~ m/long (sys_.*?),/) {
-		$prototype =~ s/,/\(/;
-	} elsif ($void) {
-		$prototype =~ s/\)/\(void\)/;
-	}
-
-	# now delete all of the odd-number commas in $prototype
-	# so that arg types & arg names don't have a comma between them
-	my $count = 0;
-	my $len = length($prototype);
-	if ($void) {
-		$len = 0;	# skip the for-loop
-	}
-	for (my $ix = 0; $ix < $len; $ix++) {
-		if (substr($prototype, $ix, 1) eq ',') {
-			$count++;
-			if ($count % 2 == 1) {
-				substr($prototype, $ix, 1) = ' ';
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-sub process_proto_function($$) {
-    my $x = shift;
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    $x =~ s@\/\/.*$@@gos; # strip C99-style comments to end of line
-
-    if ($x =~ m#\s*/\*\s+MACDOC\s*#io || ($x =~ /^#/ && $x !~ /^#\s*define/)) {
-	# do nothing
-    }
-    elsif ($x =~ /([^\{]*)/) {
-	$prototype .= $1;
-    }
-
-    if (($x =~ /\{/) || ($x =~ /\#\s*define/) || ($x =~ /;/)) {
-	$prototype =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
-	$prototype =~ s@[\r\n]+@ @gos; # strip newlines/cr's.
-	$prototype =~ s@^\s+@@gos; # strip leading spaces
-
-	 # Handle prototypes for function pointers like:
-	 # int (*pcs_config)(struct foo)
-	$prototype =~ s@^(\S+\s+)\(\s*\*(\S+)\)@$1$2@gos;
-
-	if ($prototype =~ /SYSCALL_DEFINE/) {
-		syscall_munge();
-	}
-	if ($prototype =~ /TRACE_EVENT/ || $prototype =~ /DEFINE_EVENT/ ||
-	    $prototype =~ /DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT/)
-	{
-		tracepoint_munge($file);
-	}
-	dump_function($prototype, $file);
-	reset_state();
-    }
-}
-
-sub process_proto_type($$) {
-    my $x = shift;
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    $x =~ s@[\r\n]+@ @gos; # strip newlines/cr's.
-    $x =~ s@^\s+@@gos; # strip leading spaces
-    $x =~ s@\s+$@@gos; # strip trailing spaces
-    $x =~ s@\/\/.*$@@gos; # strip C99-style comments to end of line
-
-    if ($x =~ /^#/) {
-	# To distinguish preprocessor directive from regular declaration later.
-	$x .= ";";
-    }
-
-    while (1) {
-	if ( $x =~ /([^\{\};]*)([\{\};])(.*)/ ) {
-            if( length $prototype ) {
-                $prototype .= " "
-            }
-	    $prototype .= $1 . $2;
-	    ($2 eq '{') && $brcount++;
-	    ($2 eq '}') && $brcount--;
-	    if (($2 eq ';') && ($brcount == 0)) {
-		dump_declaration($prototype, $file);
-		reset_state();
-		last;
-	    }
-	    $x = $3;
-	} else {
-	    $prototype .= $x;
-	    last;
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-
-sub map_filename($) {
-    my $file;
-    my ($orig_file) = @_;
-
-    if (defined($ENV{'SRCTREE'})) {
-	$file = "$ENV{'SRCTREE'}" . "/" . $orig_file;
-    } else {
-	$file = $orig_file;
-    }
-
-    if (defined($source_map{$file})) {
-	$file = $source_map{$file};
-    }
-
-    return $file;
-}
-
-sub process_export_file($) {
-    my ($orig_file) = @_;
-    my $file = map_filename($orig_file);
-
-    if (!open(IN,"<$file")) {
-	print STDERR "Error: Cannot open file $file\n";
-	++$errors;
-	return;
-    }
-
-    while (<IN>) {
-	if (/$export_symbol/) {
-	    next if (defined($nosymbol_table{$2}));
-	    $function_table{$2} = 1;
-	}
-    }
-
-    close(IN);
-}
-
-#
-# Parsers for the various processing states.
-#
-# STATE_NORMAL: looking for the /** to begin everything.
-#
-sub process_normal() {
-    if (/$doc_start/o) {
-	$state = STATE_NAME;	# next line is always the function name
-	$in_doc_sect = 0;
-	$declaration_start_line = $. + 1;
-    }
-}
-
-#
-# STATE_NAME: Looking for the "name - description" line
-#
-sub process_name($$) {
-    my $file = shift;
-    my $identifier;
-    my $descr;
-
-    if (/$doc_block/o) {
-	$state = STATE_DOCBLOCK;
-	$contents = "";
-	$new_start_line = $.;
-
-	if ( $1 eq "" ) {
-	    $section = $section_intro;
-	} else {
-	    $section = $1;
-	}
-    }
-    elsif (/$doc_decl/o) {
-	$identifier = $1;
-	if (/\s*([\w\s]+?)(\s*-|:)/) {
-	    $identifier = $1;
-	}
-
-	$state = STATE_BODY;
-	# if there's no @param blocks need to set up default section
-	# here
-	$contents = "";
-	$section = $section_default;
-	$new_start_line = $. + 1;
-	if (/[-:](.*)/) {
-	    # strip leading/trailing/multiple spaces
-	    $descr= $1;
-	    $descr =~ s/^\s*//;
-	    $descr =~ s/\s*$//;
-	    $descr =~ s/\s+/ /g;
-	    $declaration_purpose = $descr;
-	    $state = STATE_BODY_MAYBE;
-	} else {
-	    $declaration_purpose = "";
-	}
-
-	if (($declaration_purpose eq "") && $verbose) {
-	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: missing initial short description on line:\n";
-	    print STDERR $_;
-	    ++$warnings;
-	}
-
-	if ($identifier =~ m/^struct\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'struct';
-	} elsif ($identifier =~ m/^union\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'union';
-	} elsif ($identifier =~ m/^enum\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'enum';
-	} elsif ($identifier =~ m/^typedef\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'typedef';
-	} else {
-	    $decl_type = 'function';
-	}
-
-	if ($verbose) {
-	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: info: Scanning doc for $identifier\n";
-	}
-    } else {
-	print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: Cannot understand $_ on line $.",
-	    " - I thought it was a doc line\n";
-	++$warnings;
-	$state = STATE_NORMAL;
-    }
-}
-
-
-#
-# STATE_BODY and STATE_BODY_MAYBE: the bulk of a kerneldoc comment.
-#
-sub process_body($$) {
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    # Until all named variable macro parameters are
-    # documented using the bare name (`x`) rather than with
-    # dots (`x...`), strip the dots:
-    if ($section =~ /\w\.\.\.$/) {
-	$section =~ s/\.\.\.$//;
-
-	if ($verbose) {
-	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: Variable macro arguments should be documented without dots\n";
-	    ++$warnings;
-	}
-    }
-
-    if ($state == STATE_BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE && /^\s*\*\s?\S/) {
-	dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
-	$section = $section_default;
-	$new_start_line = $.;
-	$contents = "";
-    }
-
-    if (/$doc_sect/i) { # case insensitive for supported section names
-	$newsection = $1;
-	$newcontents = $2;
-
-	# map the supported section names to the canonical names
-	if ($newsection =~ m/^description$/i) {
-	    $newsection = $section_default;
-	} elsif ($newsection =~ m/^context$/i) {
-	    $newsection = $section_context;
-	} elsif ($newsection =~ m/^returns?$/i) {
-	    $newsection = $section_return;
-	} elsif ($newsection =~ m/^\@return$/) {
-	    # special: @return is a section, not a param description
-	    $newsection = $section_return;
-	}
-
-	if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
-	    if (!$in_doc_sect && $verbose) {
-		print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: contents before sections\n";
-		++$warnings;
-	    }
-	    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
-	    $section = $section_default;
-	}
-
-	$in_doc_sect = 1;
-	$state = STATE_BODY;
-	$contents = $newcontents;
-	$new_start_line = $.;
-	while (substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") {
-	    $contents = substr($contents, 1);
-	}
-	if ($contents ne "") {
-	    $contents .= "\n";
-	}
-	$section = $newsection;
-	$leading_space = undef;
-    } elsif (/$doc_end/) {
-	if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
-	    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
-	    $section = $section_default;
-	    $contents = "";
-	}
-	# look for doc_com + <text> + doc_end:
-	if ($_ =~ m'\s*\*\s*[a-zA-Z_0-9:\.]+\*/') {
-	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: suspicious ending line: $_";
-	    ++$warnings;
-	}
-
-	$prototype = "";
-	$state = STATE_PROTO;
-	$brcount = 0;
-        $new_start_line = $. + 1;
-    } elsif (/$doc_content/) {
-	if ($1 eq "") {
-	    if ($section eq $section_context) {
-		dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
-		$section = $section_default;
-		$contents = "";
-		$new_start_line = $.;
-		$state = STATE_BODY;
-	    } else {
-		if ($section ne $section_default) {
-		    $state = STATE_BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE;
-		} else {
-		    $state = STATE_BODY;
-		}
-		$contents .= "\n";
-	    }
-	} elsif ($state == STATE_BODY_MAYBE) {
-	    # Continued declaration purpose
-	    chomp($declaration_purpose);
-	    $declaration_purpose .= " " . $1;
-	    $declaration_purpose =~ s/\s+/ /g;
-	} else {
-	    my $cont = $1;
-	    if ($section =~ m/^@/ || $section eq $section_context) {
-		if (!defined $leading_space) {
-		    if ($cont =~ m/^(\s+)/) {
-			$leading_space = $1;
-		    } else {
-			$leading_space = "";
-		    }
-		}
-		$cont =~ s/^$leading_space//;
-	    }
-	    $contents .= $cont . "\n";
-	}
-    } else {
-	# i dont know - bad line?  ignore.
-	print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: bad line: $_";
-	++$warnings;
-    }
-}
-
-
-#
-# STATE_PROTO: reading a function/whatever prototype.
-#
-sub process_proto($$) {
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    if (/$doc_inline_oneline/) {
-	$section = $1;
-	$contents = $2;
-	if ($contents ne "") {
-	    $contents .= "\n";
-	    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
-	    $section = $section_default;
-	    $contents = "";
-	}
-    } elsif (/$doc_inline_start/) {
-	$state = STATE_INLINE;
-	$inline_doc_state = STATE_INLINE_NAME;
-    } elsif ($decl_type eq 'function') {
-	process_proto_function($_, $file);
-    } else {
-	process_proto_type($_, $file);
-    }
-}
-
-#
-# STATE_DOCBLOCK: within a DOC: block.
-#
-sub process_docblock($$) {
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    if (/$doc_end/) {
-	dump_doc_section($file, $section, $contents);
-	$section = $section_default;
-	$contents = "";
-	$function = "";
-	%parameterdescs = ();
-	%parametertypes = ();
-	@parameterlist = ();
-	%sections = ();
-	@sectionlist = ();
-	$prototype = "";
-	$state = STATE_NORMAL;
-    } elsif (/$doc_content/) {
-	if ( $1 eq "" )	{
-	    $contents .= $blankline;
-	} else {
-	    $contents .= $1 . "\n";
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-#
-# STATE_INLINE: docbook comments within a prototype.
-#
-sub process_inline($$) {
-    my $file = shift;
-
-    # First line (state 1) needs to be a @parameter
-    if ($inline_doc_state == STATE_INLINE_NAME && /$doc_inline_sect/o) {
-	$section = $1;
-	$contents = $2;
-	$new_start_line = $.;
-	if ($contents ne "") {
-	    while (substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") {
-		$contents = substr($contents, 1);
-	    }
-	    $contents .= "\n";
-	}
-	$inline_doc_state = STATE_INLINE_TEXT;
-	# Documentation block end */
-    } elsif (/$doc_inline_end/) {
-	if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
-	    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
-	    $section = $section_default;
-	    $contents = "";
-	}
-	$state = STATE_PROTO;
-	$inline_doc_state = STATE_INLINE_NA;
-	# Regular text
-    } elsif (/$doc_content/) {
-	if ($inline_doc_state == STATE_INLINE_TEXT) {
-	    $contents .= $1 . "\n";
-	    # nuke leading blank lines
-	    if ($contents =~ /^\s*$/) {
-		$contents = "";
-	    }
-	} elsif ($inline_doc_state == STATE_INLINE_NAME) {
-	    $inline_doc_state = STATE_INLINE_ERROR;
-	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: ";
-	    print STDERR "Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: $_";
-	    ++$warnings;
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-
-sub process_file($) {
-    my $file;
-    my $initial_section_counter = $section_counter;
-    my ($orig_file) = @_;
-
-    $file = map_filename($orig_file);
-
-    if (!open(IN_FILE,"<$file")) {
-	print STDERR "Error: Cannot open file $file\n";
-	++$errors;
-	return;
-    }
-
-    $. = 1;
-
-    $section_counter = 0;
-    while (<IN_FILE>) {
-	while (s/\\\s*$//) {
-	    $_ .= <IN_FILE>;
-	}
-	# Replace tabs by spaces
-        while ($_ =~ s/\t+/' ' x (length($&) * 8 - length($`) % 8)/e) {};
-	# Hand this line to the appropriate state handler
-	if ($state == STATE_NORMAL) {
-	    process_normal();
-	} elsif ($state == STATE_NAME) {
-	    process_name($file, $_);
-	} elsif ($state == STATE_BODY || $state == STATE_BODY_MAYBE ||
-		 $state == STATE_BODY_WITH_BLANK_LINE) {
-	    process_body($file, $_);
-	} elsif ($state == STATE_INLINE) { # scanning for inline parameters
-	    process_inline($file, $_);
-	} elsif ($state == STATE_PROTO) {
-	    process_proto($file, $_);
-	} elsif ($state == STATE_DOCBLOCK) {
-	    process_docblock($file, $_);
-	}
-    }
-
-    # Make sure we got something interesting.
-    if ($initial_section_counter == $section_counter && $
-	output_mode ne "none") {
-	if ($output_selection == OUTPUT_INCLUDE) {
-	    print STDERR "${file}:1: warning: '$_' not found\n"
-		for keys %function_table;
-	}
-	else {
-	    print STDERR "${file}:1: warning: no structured comments found\n";
-	}
-    }
-    close IN_FILE;
-}
-
-
-if ($output_mode eq "rst") {
-	get_sphinx_version() if (!$sphinx_major);
-}
-
-$kernelversion = get_kernel_version();
-
-# generate a sequence of code that will splice in highlighting information
-# using the s// operator.
-for (my $k = 0; $k < @highlights; $k++) {
-    my $pattern = $highlights[$k][0];
-    my $result = $highlights[$k][1];
-#   print STDERR "scanning pattern:$pattern, highlight:($result)\n";
-    $dohighlight .=  "\$contents =~ s:$pattern:$result:gs;\n";
-}
-
-# Read the file that maps relative names to absolute names for
-# separate source and object directories and for shadow trees.
-if (open(SOURCE_MAP, "<.tmp_filelist.txt")) {
-	my ($relname, $absname);
-	while(<SOURCE_MAP>) {
-		chop();
-		($relname, $absname) = (split())[0..1];
-		$relname =~ s:^/+::;
-		$source_map{$relname} = $absname;
-	}
-	close(SOURCE_MAP);
-}
-
-if ($output_selection == OUTPUT_EXPORTED ||
-    $output_selection == OUTPUT_INTERNAL) {
-
-    push(@export_file_list, @ARGV);
-
-    foreach (@export_file_list) {
-	chomp;
-	process_export_file($_);
-    }
-}
-
-foreach (@ARGV) {
-    chomp;
-    process_file($_);
-}
-if ($verbose && $errors) {
-  print STDERR "$errors errors\n";
-}
-if ($verbose && $warnings) {
-  print STDERR "$warnings warnings\n";
-}
-
-if ($Werror && $warnings) {
-    print STDERR "$warnings warnings as Errors\n";
-    exit($warnings);
-} else {
-    exit($output_mode eq "none" ? 0 : $errors)
-}
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc.py b/scripts/kernel-doc.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fc3d46ef51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright(c) 2025: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>.
+#
+# pylint: disable=C0103,R0915
+#
+# Converted from the kernel-doc script originally written in Perl
+# under GPLv2, copyrighted since 1998 by the following authors:
+#
+#    Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
+#    Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
+#    Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de>
+#    Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
+#    André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
+#    Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
+#    Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
+#    Armin Kuster <akuster@mvista.com>
+#    Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
+#    Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+#    Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@yahoo.de>
+#    Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@chromium.org>
+#    Coco Li <lixiaoyan@google.com>
+#    Conchúr Navid <conchur@web.de>
+#    Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@pobox.com>
+#    Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula <danilo.cesar@collabora.co.uk>
+#    Dan Luedtke <mail@danrl.de>
+#    Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
+#    Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@collabora.co.uk>
+#    Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+#    Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
+#    Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@freescale.com>
+#    Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>
+#    Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
+#    Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
+#    Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
+#    Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
+#    Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org>
+#    Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
+#    Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
+#    Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
+#    Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
+#    Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
+#    Kamil Rytarowski <n54@gmx.com>
+#    Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
+#    Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
+#    Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin) <alexander.levin@verizon.com>
+#    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
+#    Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
+#    Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
+#    Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
+#    Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
+#    Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
+#    Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
+#    Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
+#    Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko@intel.com>
+#    Michael Zucchi
+#    Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
+#    Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@corigine.com>
+#    Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>
+#    Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+#    Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@intel.com>
+#    Pavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz>
+#    Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
+#    Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>
+#    Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
+#    Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
+#    Rich Walker <rw@shadow.org.uk>
+#    Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
+#    Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
+#    Silvio Fricke <silvio.fricke@gmail.com>
+#    Simon Huggins
+#    Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
+#    Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@gmail.com>
+#    Utkarsh Tripathi <utripathi2002@gmail.com>
+#    valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
+#    Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
+#    Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
+#    Yacine Belkadi <yacine.belkadi.1@gmail.com>
+#    Yujie Liu <yujie.liu@intel.com>
+
+"""
+kernel_doc
+==========
+
+Print formatted kernel documentation to stdout
+
+Read C language source or header FILEs, extract embedded
+documentation comments, and print formatted documentation
+to standard output.
+
+The documentation comments are identified by the "/**"
+opening comment mark.
+
+See Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst for the
+documentation comment syntax.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Import Python modules
+
+LIB_DIR = "lib/kdoc"
+SRC_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(SRC_DIR, LIB_DIR))
+
+from kdoc_files import KernelFiles                      # pylint: disable=C0413
+from kdoc_output import RestFormat, ManFormat           # pylint: disable=C0413
+
+DESC = """
+Read C language source or header FILEs, extract embedded documentation comments,
+and print formatted documentation to standard output.
+
+The documentation comments are identified by the "/**" opening comment mark.
+
+See Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst for the documentation comment syntax.
+"""
+
+EXPORT_FILE_DESC = """
+Specify an additional FILE in which to look for EXPORT_SYMBOL information.
+
+May be used multiple times.
+"""
+
+EXPORT_DESC = """
+Only output documentation for the symbols that have been
+exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL() and related macros in any input
+FILE or -export-file FILE.
+"""
+
+INTERNAL_DESC = """
+Only output documentation for the symbols that have NOT been
+exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL() and related macros in any input
+FILE or -export-file FILE.
+"""
+
+FUNCTION_DESC = """
+Only output documentation for the given function or DOC: section
+title. All other functions and DOC: sections are ignored.
+
+May be used multiple times.
+"""
+
+NOSYMBOL_DESC = """
+Exclude the specified symbol from the output documentation.
+
+May be used multiple times.
+"""
+
+FILES_DESC = """
+Header and C source files to be parsed.
+"""
+
+WARN_CONTENTS_BEFORE_SECTIONS_DESC = """
+Warns if there are contents before sections (deprecated).
+
+This option is kept just for backward-compatibility, but it does nothing,
+neither here nor at the original Perl script.
+"""
+
+
+class MsgFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """Helper class to format warnings on a similar way to kernel-doc.pl"""
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        record.levelname = record.levelname.capitalize()
+        return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+
+def main():
+    """Main program"""
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
+                                     description=DESC)
+
+    # Normal arguments
+
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "-verbose", "--verbose", action="store_true",
+                        help="Verbose output, more warnings and other information.")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "-debug", "--debug", action="store_true",
+                        help="Enable debug messages")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-M", "-modulename", "--modulename",
+                        default="Kernel API",
+                        help="Allow setting a module name at the output.")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-l", "-enable-lineno", "--enable_lineno",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Enable line number output (only in ReST mode)")
+
+    # Arguments to control the warning behavior
+
+    parser.add_argument("-Wreturn", "--wreturn", action="store_true",
+                        help="Warns about the lack of a return markup on functions.")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-Wshort-desc", "-Wshort-description", "--wshort-desc",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Warns if initial short description is missing")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-Wcontents-before-sections",
+                        "--wcontents-before-sections", action="store_true",
+                        help=WARN_CONTENTS_BEFORE_SECTIONS_DESC)
+
+    parser.add_argument("-Wall", "--wall", action="store_true",
+                        help="Enable all types of warnings")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-Werror", "--werror", action="store_true",
+                        help="Treat warnings as errors.")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-export-file", "--export-file", action='append',
+                        help=EXPORT_FILE_DESC)
+
+    # Output format mutually-exclusive group
+
+    out_group = parser.add_argument_group("Output format selection (mutually exclusive)")
+
+    out_fmt = out_group.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+
+    out_fmt.add_argument("-m", "-man", "--man", action="store_true",
+                         help="Output troff manual page format.")
+    out_fmt.add_argument("-r", "-rst", "--rst", action="store_true",
+                         help="Output reStructuredText format (default).")
+    out_fmt.add_argument("-N", "-none", "--none", action="store_true",
+                         help="Do not output documentation, only warnings.")
+
+    # Output selection mutually-exclusive group
+
+    sel_group = parser.add_argument_group("Output selection (mutually exclusive)")
+    sel_mut = sel_group.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+
+    sel_mut.add_argument("-e", "-export", "--export", action='store_true',
+                         help=EXPORT_DESC)
+
+    sel_mut.add_argument("-i", "-internal", "--internal", action='store_true',
+                         help=INTERNAL_DESC)
+
+    sel_mut.add_argument("-s", "-function", "--symbol", action='append',
+                         help=FUNCTION_DESC)
+
+    # Those are valid for all 3 types of filter
+    parser.add_argument("-n", "-nosymbol", "--nosymbol", action='append',
+                        help=NOSYMBOL_DESC)
+
+    parser.add_argument("-D", "-no-doc-sections", "--no-doc-sections",
+                        action='store_true', help="Don't outputt DOC sections")
+
+    parser.add_argument("files", metavar="FILE",
+                        nargs="+", help=FILES_DESC)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.wall:
+        args.wreturn = True
+        args.wshort_desc = True
+        args.wcontents_before_sections = True
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+    if not args.debug:
+        logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    else:
+        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    formatter = MsgFormatter('%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    python_ver = sys.version_info[:2]
+    if python_ver < (3,6):
+        logger.warning("Python 3.6 or later is required by kernel-doc")
+
+        # Return 0 here to avoid breaking compilation
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    if python_ver < (3,7):
+        logger.warning("Python 3.7 or later is required for correct results")
+
+    if args.man:
+        out_style = ManFormat(modulename=args.modulename)
+    elif args.none:
+        out_style = None
+    else:
+        out_style = RestFormat()
+
+    kfiles = KernelFiles(verbose=args.verbose,
+                         out_style=out_style, werror=args.werror,
+                         wreturn=args.wreturn, wshort_desc=args.wshort_desc,
+                         wcontents_before_sections=args.wcontents_before_sections)
+
+    kfiles.parse(args.files, export_file=args.export_file)
+
+    for t in kfiles.msg(enable_lineno=args.enable_lineno, export=args.export,
+                        internal=args.internal, symbol=args.symbol,
+                        nosymbol=args.nosymbol, export_file=args.export_file,
+                        no_doc_sections=args.no_doc_sections):
+        msg = t[1]
+        if msg:
+            print(msg)
+
+    error_count = kfiles.errors
+    if not error_count:
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    if args.werror:
+        print(f"{error_count} warnings as errors")
+        sys.exit(error_count)
+
+    if args.verbose:
+        print(f"{error_count} errors")
+
+    if args.none:
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    sys.exit(error_count)
+
+
+# Call main method
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_files.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e09b45b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright(c) 2025: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>.
+#
+# pylint: disable=R0903,R0913,R0914,R0917
+
+"""
+Parse lernel-doc tags on multiple kernel source files.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+
+from kdoc_parser import KernelDoc
+from kdoc_output import OutputFormat
+
+
+class GlobSourceFiles:
+    """
+    Parse C source code file names and directories via an Interactor.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, srctree=None, valid_extensions=None):
+        """
+        Initialize valid extensions with a tuple.
+
+        If not defined, assume default C extensions (.c and .h)
+
+        It would be possible to use python's glob function, but it is
+        very slow, and it is not interactive. So, it would wait to read all
+        directories before actually do something.
+
+        So, let's use our own implementation.
+        """
+
+        if not valid_extensions:
+            self.extensions = (".c", ".h")
+        else:
+            self.extensions = valid_extensions
+
+        self.srctree = srctree
+
+    def _parse_dir(self, dirname):
+        """Internal function to parse files recursively"""
+
+        with os.scandir(dirname) as obj:
+            for entry in obj:
+                name = os.path.join(dirname, entry.name)
+
+                if entry.is_dir():
+                    yield from self._parse_dir(name)
+
+                if not entry.is_file():
+                    continue
+
+                basename = os.path.basename(name)
+
+                if not basename.endswith(self.extensions):
+                    continue
+
+                yield name
+
+    def parse_files(self, file_list, file_not_found_cb):
+        """
+        Define an interator to parse all source files from file_list,
+        handling directories if any
+        """
+
+        if not file_list:
+            return
+
+        for fname in file_list:
+            if self.srctree:
+                f = os.path.join(self.srctree, fname)
+            else:
+                f = fname
+
+            if os.path.isdir(f):
+                yield from self._parse_dir(f)
+            elif os.path.isfile(f):
+                yield f
+            elif file_not_found_cb:
+                file_not_found_cb(fname)
+
+
+class KernelFiles():
+    """
+    Parse kernel-doc tags on multiple kernel source files.
+
+    There are two type of parsers defined here:
+        - self.parse_file(): parses both kernel-doc markups and
+          EXPORT_SYMBOL* macros;
+        - self.process_export_file(): parses only EXPORT_SYMBOL* macros.
+    """
+
+    def warning(self, msg):
+        """Ancillary routine to output a warning and increment error count"""
+
+        self.config.log.warning(msg)
+        self.errors += 1
+
+    def error(self, msg):
+        """Ancillary routine to output an error and increment error count"""
+
+        self.config.log.error(msg)
+        self.errors += 1
+
+    def parse_file(self, fname):
+        """
+        Parse a single Kernel source.
+        """
+
+        # Prevent parsing the same file twice if results are cached
+        if fname in self.files:
+            return
+
+        doc = KernelDoc(self.config, fname)
+        export_table, entries = doc.parse_kdoc()
+
+        self.export_table[fname] = export_table
+
+        self.files.add(fname)
+        self.export_files.add(fname)      # parse_kdoc() already check exports
+
+        self.results[fname] = entries
+
+    def process_export_file(self, fname):
+        """
+        Parses EXPORT_SYMBOL* macros from a single Kernel source file.
+        """
+
+        # Prevent parsing the same file twice if results are cached
+        if fname in self.export_files:
+            return
+
+        doc = KernelDoc(self.config, fname)
+        export_table = doc.parse_export()
+
+        if not export_table:
+            self.error(f"Error: Cannot check EXPORT_SYMBOL* on {fname}")
+            export_table = set()
+
+        self.export_table[fname] = export_table
+        self.export_files.add(fname)
+
+    def file_not_found_cb(self, fname):
+        """
+        Callback to warn if a file was not found.
+        """
+
+        self.error(f"Cannot find file {fname}")
+
+    def __init__(self, verbose=False, out_style=None,
+                 werror=False, wreturn=False, wshort_desc=False,
+                 wcontents_before_sections=False,
+                 logger=None):
+        """
+        Initialize startup variables and parse all files
+        """
+
+        if not verbose:
+            verbose = bool(os.environ.get("KBUILD_VERBOSE", 0))
+
+        if out_style is None:
+            out_style = OutputFormat()
+
+        if not werror:
+            kcflags = os.environ.get("KCFLAGS", None)
+            if kcflags:
+                match = re.search(r"(\s|^)-Werror(\s|$)/", kcflags)
+                if match:
+                    werror = True
+
+            # reading this variable is for backwards compat just in case
+            # someone was calling it with the variable from outside the
+            # kernel's build system
+            kdoc_werror = os.environ.get("KDOC_WERROR", None)
+            if kdoc_werror:
+                werror = kdoc_werror
+
+        # Some variables are global to the parser logic as a whole as they are
+        # used to send control configuration to KernelDoc class. As such,
+        # those variables are read-only inside the KernelDoc.
+        self.config = argparse.Namespace
+
+        self.config.verbose = verbose
+        self.config.werror = werror
+        self.config.wreturn = wreturn
+        self.config.wshort_desc = wshort_desc
+        self.config.wcontents_before_sections = wcontents_before_sections
+
+        if not logger:
+            self.config.log = logging.getLogger("kernel-doc")
+        else:
+            self.config.log = logger
+
+        self.config.warning = self.warning
+
+        self.config.src_tree = os.environ.get("SRCTREE", None)
+
+        # Initialize variables that are internal to KernelFiles
+
+        self.out_style = out_style
+
+        self.errors = 0
+        self.results = {}
+
+        self.files = set()
+        self.export_files = set()
+        self.export_table = {}
+
+    def parse(self, file_list, export_file=None):
+        """
+        Parse all files
+        """
+
+        glob = GlobSourceFiles(srctree=self.config.src_tree)
+
+        for fname in glob.parse_files(file_list, self.file_not_found_cb):
+            self.parse_file(fname)
+
+        for fname in glob.parse_files(export_file, self.file_not_found_cb):
+            self.process_export_file(fname)
+
+    def out_msg(self, fname, name, arg):
+        """
+        Return output messages from a file name using the output style
+        filtering.
+
+        If output type was not handled by the syler, return None.
+        """
+
+        # NOTE: we can add rules here to filter out unwanted parts,
+        # although OutputFormat.msg already does that.
+
+        return self.out_style.msg(fname, name, arg)
+
+    def msg(self, enable_lineno=False, export=False, internal=False,
+            symbol=None, nosymbol=None, no_doc_sections=False,
+            filenames=None, export_file=None):
+        """
+        Interacts over the kernel-doc results and output messages,
+        returning kernel-doc markups on each interaction
+        """
+
+        self.out_style.set_config(self.config)
+
+        if not filenames:
+            filenames = sorted(self.results.keys())
+
+        glob = GlobSourceFiles(srctree=self.config.src_tree)
+
+        for fname in filenames:
+            function_table = set()
+
+            if internal or export:
+                if not export_file:
+                    export_file = [fname]
+
+                for f in glob.parse_files(export_file, self.file_not_found_cb):
+                    function_table |= self.export_table[f]
+
+            if symbol:
+                for s in symbol:
+                    function_table.add(s)
+
+            self.out_style.set_filter(export, internal, symbol, nosymbol,
+                                      function_table, enable_lineno,
+                                      no_doc_sections)
+
+            msg = ""
+            if fname not in self.results:
+                self.config.log.warning("No kernel-doc for file %s", fname)
+                continue
+
+            for arg in self.results[fname]:
+                m = self.out_msg(fname, arg.name, arg)
+
+                if m is None:
+                    ln = arg.get("ln", 0)
+                    dtype = arg.get('type', "")
+
+                    self.config.log.warning("%s:%d Can't handle %s",
+                                            fname, ln, dtype)
+                else:
+                    msg += m
+
+            if msg:
+                yield fname, msg
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_item.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_item.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3b2257645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_item.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# A class that will, eventually, encapsulate all of the parsed data that we
+# then pass into the output modules.
+#
+
+class KdocItem:
+    def __init__(self, name, type, start_line, **other_stuff):
+        self.name = name
+        self.type = type
+        self.declaration_start_line = start_line
+        self.sections = {}
+        self.sections_start_lines = {}
+        self.parameterlist = []
+        self.parameterdesc_start_lines = []
+        self.parameterdescs = {}
+        self.parametertypes = {}
+        #
+        # Just save everything else into our own dict so that the output
+        # side can grab it directly as before.  As we move things into more
+        # structured data, this will, hopefully, fade away.
+        #
+        self.other_stuff = other_stuff
+
+    def get(self, key, default = None):
+        return self.other_stuff.get(key, default)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self.get(key)
+
+    #
+    # Tracking of section and parameter information.
+    #
+    def set_sections(self, sections, start_lines):
+        self.sections = sections
+        self.section_start_lines = start_lines
+
+    def set_params(self, names, descs, types, starts):
+        self.parameterlist = names
+        self.parameterdescs = descs
+        self.parametertypes = types
+        self.parameterdesc_start_lines = starts
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_output.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_output.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39fa872dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_output.py
@@ -0,0 +1,749 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright(c) 2025: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>.
+#
+# pylint: disable=C0301,R0902,R0911,R0912,R0913,R0914,R0915,R0917
+
+"""
+Implement output filters to print kernel-doc documentation.
+
+The implementation uses a virtual base class (OutputFormat) which
+contains a dispatches to virtual methods, and some code to filter
+out output messages.
+
+The actual implementation is done on one separate class per each type
+of output. Currently, there are output classes for ReST and man/troff.
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from kdoc_parser import KernelDoc, type_param
+from kdoc_re import KernRe
+
+
+function_pointer = KernRe(r"([^\(]*\(\*)\s*\)\s*\(([^\)]*)\)", cache=False)
+
+# match expressions used to find embedded type information
+type_constant = KernRe(r"\b``([^\`]+)``\b", cache=False)
+type_constant2 = KernRe(r"\%([-_*\w]+)", cache=False)
+type_func = KernRe(r"(\w+)\(\)", cache=False)
+type_param_ref = KernRe(r"([\!~\*]?)\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)", cache=False)
+
+# Special RST handling for func ptr params
+type_fp_param = KernRe(r"\@(\w+)\(\)", cache=False)
+
+# Special RST handling for structs with func ptr params
+type_fp_param2 = KernRe(r"\@(\w+->\S+)\(\)", cache=False)
+
+type_env = KernRe(r"(\$\w+)", cache=False)
+type_enum = KernRe(r"#(enum\s*([_\w]+))", cache=False)
+type_struct = KernRe(r"#(struct\s*([_\w]+))", cache=False)
+type_typedef = KernRe(r"#(([A-Z][_\w]*))", cache=False)
+type_union = KernRe(r"#(union\s*([_\w]+))", cache=False)
+type_member = KernRe(r"#([_\w]+)(\.|->)([_\w]+)", cache=False)
+type_fallback = KernRe(r"((?!))", cache=False) # this never matches
+type_member_func = type_member + KernRe(r"\(\)", cache=False)
+
+
+class OutputFormat:
+    """
+    Base class for OutputFormat. If used as-is, it means that only
+    warnings will be displayed.
+    """
+
+    # output mode.
+    OUTPUT_ALL          = 0 # output all symbols and doc sections
+    OUTPUT_INCLUDE      = 1 # output only specified symbols
+    OUTPUT_EXPORTED     = 2 # output exported symbols
+    OUTPUT_INTERNAL     = 3 # output non-exported symbols
+
+    # Virtual member to be overriden at the  inherited classes
+    highlights = []
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Declare internal vars and set mode to OUTPUT_ALL"""
+
+        self.out_mode = self.OUTPUT_ALL
+        self.enable_lineno = None
+        self.nosymbol = {}
+        self.symbol = None
+        self.function_table = None
+        self.config = None
+        self.no_doc_sections = False
+
+        self.data = ""
+
+    def set_config(self, config):
+        """
+        Setup global config variables used by both parser and output.
+        """
+
+        self.config = config
+
+    def set_filter(self, export, internal, symbol, nosymbol, function_table,
+                   enable_lineno, no_doc_sections):
+        """
+        Initialize filter variables according with the requested mode.
+
+        Only one choice is valid between export, internal and symbol.
+
+        The nosymbol filter can be used on all modes.
+        """
+
+        self.enable_lineno = enable_lineno
+        self.no_doc_sections = no_doc_sections
+        self.function_table = function_table
+
+        if symbol:
+            self.out_mode = self.OUTPUT_INCLUDE
+        elif export:
+            self.out_mode = self.OUTPUT_EXPORTED
+        elif internal:
+            self.out_mode = self.OUTPUT_INTERNAL
+        else:
+            self.out_mode = self.OUTPUT_ALL
+
+        if nosymbol:
+            self.nosymbol = set(nosymbol)
+
+
+    def highlight_block(self, block):
+        """
+        Apply the RST highlights to a sub-block of text.
+        """
+
+        for r, sub in self.highlights:
+            block = r.sub(sub, block)
+
+        return block
+
+    def out_warnings(self, args):
+        """
+        Output warnings for identifiers that will be displayed.
+        """
+
+        for log_msg in args.warnings:
+            self.config.warning(log_msg)
+
+    def check_doc(self, name, args):
+        """Check if DOC should be output"""
+
+        if self.no_doc_sections:
+            return False
+
+        if name in self.nosymbol:
+            return False
+
+        if self.out_mode == self.OUTPUT_ALL:
+            self.out_warnings(args)
+            return True
+
+        if self.out_mode == self.OUTPUT_INCLUDE:
+            if name in self.function_table:
+                self.out_warnings(args)
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def check_declaration(self, dtype, name, args):
+        """
+        Checks if a declaration should be output or not based on the
+        filtering criteria.
+        """
+
+        if name in self.nosymbol:
+            return False
+
+        if self.out_mode == self.OUTPUT_ALL:
+            self.out_warnings(args)
+            return True
+
+        if self.out_mode in [self.OUTPUT_INCLUDE, self.OUTPUT_EXPORTED]:
+            if name in self.function_table:
+                return True
+
+        if self.out_mode == self.OUTPUT_INTERNAL:
+            if dtype != "function":
+                self.out_warnings(args)
+                return True
+
+            if name not in self.function_table:
+                self.out_warnings(args)
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def msg(self, fname, name, args):
+        """
+        Handles a single entry from kernel-doc parser
+        """
+
+        self.data = ""
+
+        dtype = args.type
+
+        if dtype == "doc":
+            self.out_doc(fname, name, args)
+            return self.data
+
+        if not self.check_declaration(dtype, name, args):
+            return self.data
+
+        if dtype == "function":
+            self.out_function(fname, name, args)
+            return self.data
+
+        if dtype == "enum":
+            self.out_enum(fname, name, args)
+            return self.data
+
+        if dtype == "typedef":
+            self.out_typedef(fname, name, args)
+            return self.data
+
+        if dtype in ["struct", "union"]:
+            self.out_struct(fname, name, args)
+            return self.data
+
+        # Warn if some type requires an output logic
+        self.config.log.warning("doesn't now how to output '%s' block",
+                                dtype)
+
+        return None
+
+    # Virtual methods to be overridden by inherited classes
+    # At the base class, those do nothing.
+    def out_doc(self, fname, name, args):
+        """Outputs a DOC block"""
+
+    def out_function(self, fname, name, args):
+        """Outputs a function"""
+
+    def out_enum(self, fname, name, args):
+        """Outputs an enum"""
+
+    def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
+        """Outputs a typedef"""
+
+    def out_struct(self, fname, name, args):
+        """Outputs a struct"""
+
+
+class RestFormat(OutputFormat):
+    """Consts and functions used by ReST output"""
+
+    highlights = [
+        (type_constant, r"``\1``"),
+        (type_constant2, r"``\1``"),
+
+        # Note: need to escape () to avoid func matching later
+        (type_member_func, r":c:type:`\1\2\3\\(\\) <\1>`"),
+        (type_member, r":c:type:`\1\2\3 <\1>`"),
+        (type_fp_param, r"**\1\\(\\)**"),
+        (type_fp_param2, r"**\1\\(\\)**"),
+        (type_func, r"\1()"),
+        (type_enum, r":c:type:`\1 <\2>`"),
+        (type_struct, r":c:type:`\1 <\2>`"),
+        (type_typedef, r":c:type:`\1 <\2>`"),
+        (type_union, r":c:type:`\1 <\2>`"),
+
+        # in rst this can refer to any type
+        (type_fallback, r":c:type:`\1`"),
+        (type_param_ref, r"**\1\2**")
+    ]
+    blankline = "\n"
+
+    sphinx_literal = KernRe(r'^[^.].*::$', cache=False)
+    sphinx_cblock = KernRe(r'^\.\.\ +code-block::', cache=False)
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        Creates class variables.
+
+        Not really mandatory, but it is a good coding style and makes
+        pylint happy.
+        """
+
+        super().__init__()
+        self.lineprefix = ""
+
+    def print_lineno(self, ln):
+        """Outputs a line number"""
+
+        if self.enable_lineno and ln is not None:
+            ln += 1
+            self.data += f".. LINENO {ln}\n"
+
+    def output_highlight(self, args):
+        """
+        Outputs a C symbol that may require being converted to ReST using
+        the self.highlights variable
+        """
+
+        input_text = args
+        output = ""
+        in_literal = False
+        litprefix = ""
+        block = ""
+
+        for line in input_text.strip("\n").split("\n"):
+
+            # 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.strip():  # If the line is not blank
+                    # If this is the first non-blank line in a literal block,
+                    # figure out the proper indent.
+                    if not litprefix:
+                        r = KernRe(r'^(\s*)')
+                        if r.match(line):
+                            litprefix = '^' + r.group(1)
+                        else:
+                            litprefix = ""
+
+                        output += line + "\n"
+                    elif not KernRe(litprefix).match(line):
+                        in_literal = False
+                    else:
+                        output += line + "\n"
+                else:
+                    output += line + "\n"
+
+            # Not in a literal block (or just dropped out)
+            if not in_literal:
+                block += line + "\n"
+                if self.sphinx_literal.match(line) or self.sphinx_cblock.match(line):
+                    in_literal = True
+                    litprefix = ""
+                    output += self.highlight_block(block)
+                    block = ""
+
+        # Handle any remaining block
+        if block:
+            output += self.highlight_block(block)
+
+        # Print the output with the line prefix
+        for line in output.strip("\n").split("\n"):
+            self.data += self.lineprefix + line + "\n"
+
+    def out_section(self, args, out_docblock=False):
+        """
+        Outputs a block section.
+
+        This could use some work; it's used to output the DOC: sections, and
+        starts by putting out the name of the doc section itself, but that
+        tends to duplicate a header already in the template file.
+        """
+        for section, text in args.sections.items():
+            # Skip sections that are in the nosymbol_table
+            if section in self.nosymbol:
+                continue
+
+            if out_docblock:
+                if not self.out_mode == self.OUTPUT_INCLUDE:
+                    self.data += f".. _{section}:\n\n"
+                    self.data += f'{self.lineprefix}**{section}**\n\n'
+            else:
+                self.data += f'{self.lineprefix}**{section}**\n\n'
+
+            self.print_lineno(args.section_start_lines.get(section, 0))
+            self.output_highlight(text)
+            self.data += "\n"
+        self.data += "\n"
+
+    def out_doc(self, fname, name, args):
+        if not self.check_doc(name, args):
+            return
+        self.out_section(args, out_docblock=True)
+
+    def out_function(self, fname, name, args):
+
+        oldprefix = self.lineprefix
+        signature = ""
+
+        func_macro = args.get('func_macro', False)
+        if func_macro:
+            signature = name
+        else:
+            if args.get('functiontype'):
+                signature = args['functiontype'] + " "
+            signature += name + " ("
+
+        ln = args.declaration_start_line
+        count = 0
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            if count != 0:
+                signature += ", "
+            count += 1
+            dtype = args.parametertypes.get(parameter, "")
+
+            if function_pointer.search(dtype):
+                signature += function_pointer.group(1) + parameter + function_pointer.group(3)
+            else:
+                signature += dtype
+
+        if not func_macro:
+            signature += ")"
+
+        self.print_lineno(ln)
+        if args.get('typedef') or not args.get('functiontype'):
+            self.data += f".. c:macro:: {name}\n\n"
+
+            if args.get('typedef'):
+                self.data += "   **Typedef**: "
+                self.lineprefix = ""
+                self.output_highlight(args.get('purpose', ""))
+                self.data += "\n\n**Syntax**\n\n"
+                self.data += f"  ``{signature}``\n\n"
+            else:
+                self.data += f"``{signature}``\n\n"
+        else:
+            self.data += f".. c:function:: {signature}\n\n"
+
+        if not args.get('typedef'):
+            self.print_lineno(ln)
+            self.lineprefix = "   "
+            self.output_highlight(args.get('purpose', ""))
+            self.data += "\n"
+
+        # Put descriptive text into a container (HTML <div>) to help set
+        # function prototypes apart
+        self.lineprefix = "  "
+
+        if args.parameterlist:
+            self.data += ".. container:: kernelindent\n\n"
+            self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}**Parameters**\n\n"
+
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            parameter_name = KernRe(r'\[.*').sub('', parameter)
+            dtype = args.parametertypes.get(parameter, "")
+
+            if dtype:
+                self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}``{dtype}``\n"
+            else:
+                self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}``{parameter}``\n"
+
+            self.print_lineno(args.parameterdesc_start_lines.get(parameter_name, 0))
+
+            self.lineprefix = "    "
+            if parameter_name in args.parameterdescs and \
+               args.parameterdescs[parameter_name] != KernelDoc.undescribed:
+
+                self.output_highlight(args.parameterdescs[parameter_name])
+                self.data += "\n"
+            else:
+                self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}*undescribed*\n\n"
+            self.lineprefix = "  "
+
+        self.out_section(args)
+        self.lineprefix = oldprefix
+
+    def out_enum(self, fname, name, args):
+
+        oldprefix = self.lineprefix
+        ln = args.declaration_start_line
+
+        self.data += f"\n\n.. c:enum:: {name}\n\n"
+
+        self.print_lineno(ln)
+        self.lineprefix = "  "
+        self.output_highlight(args.get('purpose', ''))
+        self.data += "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".. container:: kernelindent\n\n"
+        outer = self.lineprefix + "  "
+        self.lineprefix = outer + "  "
+        self.data += f"{outer}**Constants**\n\n"
+
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            self.data += f"{outer}``{parameter}``\n"
+
+            if args.parameterdescs.get(parameter, '') != KernelDoc.undescribed:
+                self.output_highlight(args.parameterdescs[parameter])
+            else:
+                self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}*undescribed*\n\n"
+            self.data += "\n"
+
+        self.lineprefix = oldprefix
+        self.out_section(args)
+
+    def out_typedef(self, fname, name, args):
+
+        oldprefix = self.lineprefix
+        ln = args.declaration_start_line
+
+        self.data += f"\n\n.. c:type:: {name}\n\n"
+
+        self.print_lineno(ln)
+        self.lineprefix = "   "
+
+        self.output_highlight(args.get('purpose', ''))
+
+        self.data += "\n"
+
+        self.lineprefix = oldprefix
+        self.out_section(args)
+
+    def out_struct(self, fname, name, args):
+
+        purpose = args.get('purpose', "")
+        declaration = args.get('definition', "")
+        dtype = args.type
+        ln = args.declaration_start_line
+
+        self.data += f"\n\n.. c:{dtype}:: {name}\n\n"
+
+        self.print_lineno(ln)
+
+        oldprefix = self.lineprefix
+        self.lineprefix += "  "
+
+        self.output_highlight(purpose)
+        self.data += "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".. container:: kernelindent\n\n"
+        self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}**Definition**::\n\n"
+
+        self.lineprefix = self.lineprefix + "  "
+
+        declaration = declaration.replace("\t", self.lineprefix)
+
+        self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}{dtype} {name}" + ' {' + "\n"
+        self.data += f"{declaration}{self.lineprefix}" + "};\n\n"
+
+        self.lineprefix = "  "
+        self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}**Members**\n\n"
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            if not parameter or parameter.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+
+            parameter_name = parameter.split("[", maxsplit=1)[0]
+
+            if args.parameterdescs.get(parameter_name) == KernelDoc.undescribed:
+                continue
+
+            self.print_lineno(args.parameterdesc_start_lines.get(parameter_name, 0))
+
+            self.data += f"{self.lineprefix}``{parameter}``\n"
+
+            self.lineprefix = "    "
+            self.output_highlight(args.parameterdescs[parameter_name])
+            self.lineprefix = "  "
+
+            self.data += "\n"
+
+        self.data += "\n"
+
+        self.lineprefix = oldprefix
+        self.out_section(args)
+
+
+class ManFormat(OutputFormat):
+    """Consts and functions used by man pages output"""
+
+    highlights = (
+        (type_constant, r"\1"),
+        (type_constant2, r"\1"),
+        (type_func, r"\\fB\1\\fP"),
+        (type_enum, r"\\fI\1\\fP"),
+        (type_struct, r"\\fI\1\\fP"),
+        (type_typedef, r"\\fI\1\\fP"),
+        (type_union, r"\\fI\1\\fP"),
+        (type_param, r"\\fI\1\\fP"),
+        (type_param_ref, r"\\fI\1\2\\fP"),
+        (type_member, r"\\fI\1\2\3\\fP"),
+        (type_fallback, r"\\fI\1\\fP")
+    )
+    blankline = ""
+
+    date_formats = [
+        "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y",
+        "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y",
+        "%Y-%m-%d",
+        "%b %d %Y",
+        "%B %d %Y",
+        "%m %d %Y",
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, modulename):
+        """
+        Creates class variables.
+
+        Not really mandatory, but it is a good coding style and makes
+        pylint happy.
+        """
+
+        super().__init__()
+        self.modulename = modulename
+
+        dt = None
+        tstamp = os.environ.get("KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP")
+        if tstamp:
+            for fmt in self.date_formats:
+                try:
+                    dt = datetime.strptime(tstamp, fmt)
+                    break
+                except ValueError:
+                    pass
+
+        if not dt:
+            dt = datetime.now()
+
+        self.man_date = dt.strftime("%B %Y")
+
+    def output_highlight(self, block):
+        """
+        Outputs a C symbol that may require being highlighted with
+        self.highlights variable using troff syntax
+        """
+
+        contents = self.highlight_block(block)
+
+        if isinstance(contents, list):
+            contents = "\n".join(contents)
+
+        for line in contents.strip("\n").split("\n"):
+            line = KernRe(r"^\s*").sub("", line)
+            if not line:
+                continue
+
+            if line[0] == ".":
+                self.data += "\\&" + line + "\n"
+            else:
+                self.data += line + "\n"
+
+    def out_doc(self, fname, name, args):
+        if not self.check_doc(name, args):
+            return
+
+        self.data += f'.TH "{self.modulename}" 9 "{self.modulename}" "{self.man_date}" "API Manual" LINUX' + "\n"
+
+        for section, text in args.sections.items():
+            self.data += f'.SH "{section}"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(text)
+
+    def out_function(self, fname, name, args):
+        """output function in man"""
+
+        self.data += f'.TH "{name}" 9 "{name}" "{self.man_date}" "Kernel Hacker\'s Manual" LINUX' + "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH NAME\n"
+        self.data += f"{name} \\- {args['purpose']}\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH SYNOPSIS\n"
+        if args.get('functiontype', ''):
+            self.data += f'.B "{args["functiontype"]}" {name}' + "\n"
+        else:
+            self.data += f'.B "{name}' + "\n"
+
+        count = 0
+        parenth = "("
+        post = ","
+
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            if count == len(args.parameterlist) - 1:
+                post = ");"
+
+            dtype = args.parametertypes.get(parameter, "")
+            if function_pointer.match(dtype):
+                # Pointer-to-function
+                self.data += f'".BI "{parenth}{function_pointer.group(1)}" " ") ({function_pointer.group(2)}){post}"' + "\n"
+            else:
+                dtype = KernRe(r'([^\*])$').sub(r'\1 ', dtype)
+
+                self.data += f'.BI "{parenth}{dtype}"  "{post}"' + "\n"
+            count += 1
+            parenth = ""
+
+        if args.parameterlist:
+            self.data += ".SH ARGUMENTS\n"
+
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            parameter_name = re.sub(r'\[.*', '', parameter)
+
+            self.data += f'.IP "{parameter}" 12' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(args.parameterdescs.get(parameter_name, ""))
+
+        for section, text in args.sections.items():
+            self.data += f'.SH "{section.upper()}"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(text)
+
+    def out_enum(self, fname, name, args):
+        self.data += f'.TH "{self.modulename}" 9 "enum {name}" "{self.man_date}" "API Manual" LINUX' + "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH NAME\n"
+        self.data += f"enum {name} \\- {args['purpose']}\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH SYNOPSIS\n"
+        self.data += f"enum {name}" + " {\n"
+
+        count = 0
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            self.data += f'.br\n.BI "    {parameter}"' + "\n"
+            if count == len(args.parameterlist) - 1:
+                self.data += "\n};\n"
+            else:
+                self.data += ", \n.br\n"
+
+            count += 1
+
+        self.data += ".SH Constants\n"
+
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            parameter_name = KernRe(r'\[.*').sub('', parameter)
+            self.data += f'.IP "{parameter}" 12' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(args.parameterdescs.get(parameter_name, ""))
+
+        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')
+
+        self.data += f'.TH "{module}" 9 "{name}" "{self.man_date}" "API Manual" LINUX' + "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH NAME\n"
+        self.data += f"typedef {name} \\- {purpose}\n"
+
+        for section, text in args.sections.items():
+            self.data += f'.SH "{section}"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(text)
+
+    def out_struct(self, fname, name, args):
+        module = self.modulename
+        purpose = args.get('purpose')
+        definition = args.get('definition')
+
+        self.data += f'.TH "{module}" 9 "{args.type} {name}" "{self.man_date}" "API Manual" LINUX' + "\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH NAME\n"
+        self.data += f"{args.type} {name} \\- {purpose}\n"
+
+        # Replace tabs with two spaces and handle newlines
+        declaration = definition.replace("\t", "  ")
+        declaration = KernRe(r"\n").sub('"\n.br\n.BI "', declaration)
+
+        self.data += ".SH SYNOPSIS\n"
+        self.data += f"{args.type} {name} " + "{" + "\n.br\n"
+        self.data += f'.BI "{declaration}\n' + "};\n.br\n\n"
+
+        self.data += ".SH Members\n"
+        for parameter in args.parameterlist:
+            if parameter.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+
+            parameter_name = re.sub(r"\[.*", "", parameter)
+
+            if args.parameterdescs.get(parameter_name) == KernelDoc.undescribed:
+                continue
+
+            self.data += f'.IP "{parameter}" 12' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(args.parameterdescs.get(parameter_name))
+
+        for section, text in args.sections.items():
+            self.data += f'.SH "{section}"' + "\n"
+            self.output_highlight(text)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32b4356292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1670 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright(c) 2025: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>.
+#
+# pylint: disable=C0301,C0302,R0904,R0912,R0913,R0914,R0915,R0917,R1702
+
+"""
+kdoc_parser
+===========
+
+Read a C language source or header FILE and extract embedded
+documentation comments
+"""
+
+import sys
+import re
+from pprint import pformat
+
+from kdoc_re import NestedMatch, KernRe
+from kdoc_item import KdocItem
+
+#
+# Regular expressions used to parse kernel-doc markups at KernelDoc class.
+#
+# Let's declare them in lowercase outside any class to make easier to
+# convert from the python script.
+#
+# As those are evaluated at the beginning, no need to cache them
+#
+
+# Allow whitespace at end of comment start.
+doc_start = KernRe(r'^/\*\*\s*$', cache=False)
+
+doc_end = KernRe(r'\*/', cache=False)
+doc_com = KernRe(r'\s*\*\s*', cache=False)
+doc_com_body = KernRe(r'\s*\* ?', cache=False)
+doc_decl = doc_com + KernRe(r'(\w+)', cache=False)
+
+# @params and a strictly limited set of supported section names
+# Specifically:
+#   Match @word:
+#         @...:
+#         @{section-name}:
+# while trying to not match literal block starts like "example::"
+#
+known_section_names = 'description|context|returns?|notes?|examples?'
+known_sections = KernRe(known_section_names, flags = re.I)
+doc_sect = doc_com + \
+    KernRe(r'\s*(\@[.\w]+|\@\.\.\.|' + known_section_names + r')\s*:([^:].*)?$',
+           flags=re.I, cache=False)
+
+doc_content = doc_com_body + KernRe(r'(.*)', cache=False)
+doc_inline_start = KernRe(r'^\s*/\*\*\s*$', cache=False)
+doc_inline_sect = KernRe(r'\s*\*\s*(@\s*[\w][\w\.]*\s*):(.*)', cache=False)
+doc_inline_end = KernRe(r'^\s*\*/\s*$', cache=False)
+doc_inline_oneline = KernRe(r'^\s*/\*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):\s*(.*)\s*\*/\s*$', cache=False)
+attribute = KernRe(r"__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z0-9,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)",
+               flags=re.I | re.S, cache=False)
+
+export_symbol = KernRe(r'^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*', cache=False)
+export_symbol_ns = KernRe(r'^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*"\S+"\)\s*', cache=False)
+
+type_param = KernRe(r"\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)", cache=False)
+
+#
+# Tests for the beginning of a kerneldoc block in its various forms.
+#
+doc_block = doc_com + KernRe(r'DOC:\s*(.*)?', cache=False)
+doc_begin_data = KernRe(r"^\s*\*?\s*(struct|union|enum|typedef)\b\s*(\w*)", cache = False)
+doc_begin_func = KernRe(str(doc_com) +			# initial " * '
+                        r"(?:\w+\s*\*\s*)?" + 		# type (not captured)
+                        r'(?:define\s+)?' + 		# possible "define" (not captured)
+                        r'(\w+)\s*(?:\(\w*\))?\s*' +	# name and optional "(...)"
+                        r'(?:[-:].*)?$',		# description (not captured)
+                        cache = False)
+
+#
+# A little helper to get rid of excess white space
+#
+multi_space = KernRe(r'\s\s+')
+def trim_whitespace(s):
+    return multi_space.sub(' ', s.strip())
+
+class state:
+    """
+    State machine enums
+    """
+
+    # Parser states
+    NORMAL        = 0        # normal code
+    NAME          = 1        # looking for function name
+    DECLARATION   = 2        # We have seen a declaration which might not be done
+    BODY          = 3        # the body of the comment
+    SPECIAL_SECTION = 4      # doc section ending with a blank line
+    PROTO         = 5        # scanning prototype
+    DOCBLOCK      = 6        # documentation block
+    INLINE_NAME   = 7        # gathering doc outside main block
+    INLINE_TEXT   = 8	     # reading the body of inline docs
+
+    name = [
+        "NORMAL",
+        "NAME",
+        "DECLARATION",
+        "BODY",
+        "SPECIAL_SECTION",
+        "PROTO",
+        "DOCBLOCK",
+        "INLINE_NAME",
+        "INLINE_TEXT",
+    ]
+
+
+SECTION_DEFAULT = "Description"  # default section
+
+class KernelEntry:
+
+    def __init__(self, config, ln):
+        self.config = config
+
+        self._contents = []
+        self.prototype = ""
+
+        self.warnings = []
+
+        self.parameterlist = []
+        self.parameterdescs = {}
+        self.parametertypes = {}
+        self.parameterdesc_start_lines = {}
+
+        self.section_start_lines = {}
+        self.sections = {}
+
+        self.anon_struct_union = False
+
+        self.leading_space = None
+
+        # State flags
+        self.brcount = 0
+        self.declaration_start_line = ln + 1
+
+    #
+    # Management of section contents
+    #
+    def add_text(self, text):
+        self._contents.append(text)
+
+    def contents(self):
+        return '\n'.join(self._contents) + '\n'
+
+    # TODO: rename to emit_message after removal of kernel-doc.pl
+    def emit_msg(self, log_msg, warning=True):
+        """Emit a message"""
+
+        if not warning:
+            self.config.log.info(log_msg)
+            return
+
+        # Delegate warning output to output logic, as this way it
+        # will report warnings/info only for symbols that are output
+
+        self.warnings.append(log_msg)
+        return
+
+    #
+    # Begin a new section.
+    #
+    def begin_section(self, line_no, title = SECTION_DEFAULT, dump = False):
+        if dump:
+            self.dump_section(start_new = True)
+        self.section = title
+        self.new_start_line = line_no
+
+    def dump_section(self, start_new=True):
+        """
+        Dumps section contents to arrays/hashes intended for that purpose.
+        """
+        #
+        # If we have accumulated no contents in the default ("description")
+        # section, don't bother.
+        #
+        if self.section == SECTION_DEFAULT and not self._contents:
+            return
+        name = self.section
+        contents = self.contents()
+
+        if type_param.match(name):
+            name = type_param.group(1)
+
+            self.parameterdescs[name] = contents
+            self.parameterdesc_start_lines[name] = self.new_start_line
+
+            self.new_start_line = 0
+
+        else:
+            if name in self.sections and self.sections[name] != "":
+                # Only warn on user-specified duplicate section names
+                if name != SECTION_DEFAULT:
+                    self.emit_msg(self.new_start_line,
+                                  f"duplicate section name '{name}'\n")
+                # Treat as a new paragraph - add a blank line
+                self.sections[name] += '\n' + contents
+            else:
+                self.sections[name] = contents
+                self.section_start_lines[name] = self.new_start_line
+                self.new_start_line = 0
+
+#        self.config.log.debug("Section: %s : %s", name, pformat(vars(self)))
+
+        if start_new:
+            self.section = SECTION_DEFAULT
+            self._contents = []
+
+
+class KernelDoc:
+    """
+    Read a C language source or header FILE and extract embedded
+    documentation comments.
+    """
+
+    # Section names
+
+    section_context = "Context"
+    section_return = "Return"
+
+    undescribed = "-- undescribed --"
+
+    def __init__(self, config, fname):
+        """Initialize internal variables"""
+
+        self.fname = fname
+        self.config = config
+
+        # Initial state for the state machines
+        self.state = state.NORMAL
+
+        # Store entry currently being processed
+        self.entry = None
+
+        # Place all potential outputs into an array
+        self.entries = []
+
+        #
+        # We need Python 3.7 for its "dicts remember the insertion
+        # order" guarantee
+        #
+        if sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor < 7:
+            self.emit_msg(0,
+                          'Python 3.7 or later is required for correct results')
+
+    def emit_msg(self, ln, msg, warning=True):
+        """Emit a message"""
+
+        log_msg = f"{self.fname}:{ln} {msg}"
+
+        if self.entry:
+            self.entry.emit_msg(log_msg, warning)
+            return
+
+        if warning:
+            self.config.log.warning(log_msg)
+        else:
+            self.config.log.info(log_msg)
+
+    def dump_section(self, start_new=True):
+        """
+        Dumps section contents to arrays/hashes intended for that purpose.
+        """
+
+        if self.entry:
+            self.entry.dump_section(start_new)
+
+    # TODO: rename it to store_declaration after removal of kernel-doc.pl
+    def output_declaration(self, dtype, name, **args):
+        """
+        Stores the entry into an entry array.
+
+        The actual output and output filters will be handled elsewhere
+        """
+
+        item = KdocItem(name, dtype, self.entry.declaration_start_line, **args)
+        item.warnings = self.entry.warnings
+
+        # Drop empty sections
+        # TODO: improve empty sections logic to emit warnings
+        sections = self.entry.sections
+        for section in ["Description", "Return"]:
+            if section in sections and not sections[section].rstrip():
+                del sections[section]
+        item.set_sections(sections, self.entry.section_start_lines)
+        item.set_params(self.entry.parameterlist, self.entry.parameterdescs,
+                        self.entry.parametertypes,
+                        self.entry.parameterdesc_start_lines)
+        self.entries.append(item)
+
+        self.config.log.debug("Output: %s:%s = %s", dtype, name, pformat(args))
+
+    def reset_state(self, ln):
+        """
+        Ancillary routine to create a new entry. It initializes all
+        variables used by the state machine.
+        """
+
+        self.entry = KernelEntry(self.config, ln)
+
+        # State flags
+        self.state = state.NORMAL
+
+    def push_parameter(self, ln, decl_type, param, dtype,
+                       org_arg, declaration_name):
+        """
+        Store parameters and their descriptions at self.entry.
+        """
+
+        if self.entry.anon_struct_union and dtype == "" and param == "}":
+            return  # Ignore the ending }; from anonymous struct/union
+
+        self.entry.anon_struct_union = False
+
+        param = KernRe(r'[\[\)].*').sub('', param, count=1)
+
+        if dtype == "" and param.endswith("..."):
+            if KernRe(r'\w\.\.\.$').search(param):
+                # For named variable parameters of the form `x...`,
+                # remove the dots
+                param = param[:-3]
+            else:
+                # Handles unnamed variable parameters
+                param = "..."
+
+            if param not in self.entry.parameterdescs or \
+                not self.entry.parameterdescs[param]:
+
+                self.entry.parameterdescs[param] = "variable arguments"
+
+        elif dtype == "" and (not param or param == "void"):
+            param = "void"
+            self.entry.parameterdescs[param] = "no arguments"
+
+        elif dtype == "" and param in ["struct", "union"]:
+            # Handle unnamed (anonymous) union or struct
+            dtype = param
+            param = "{unnamed_" + param + "}"
+            self.entry.parameterdescs[param] = "anonymous\n"
+            self.entry.anon_struct_union = True
+
+        # Handle cache group enforcing variables: they do not need
+        # to be described in header files
+        elif "__cacheline_group" in param:
+            # Ignore __cacheline_group_begin and __cacheline_group_end
+            return
+
+        # Warn if parameter has no description
+        # (but ignore ones starting with # as these are not parameters
+        # but inline preprocessor statements)
+        if param not in self.entry.parameterdescs and not param.startswith("#"):
+            self.entry.parameterdescs[param] = self.undescribed
+
+            if "." not in param:
+                if decl_type == 'function':
+                    dname = f"{decl_type} parameter"
+                else:
+                    dname = f"{decl_type} member"
+
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"{dname} '{param}' not described in '{declaration_name}'")
+
+        # Strip spaces from param so that it is one continuous string on
+        # parameterlist. This fixes a problem where check_sections()
+        # cannot find a parameter like "addr[6 + 2]" because it actually
+        # appears as "addr[6", "+", "2]" on the parameter list.
+        # However, it's better to maintain the param string unchanged for
+        # output, so just weaken the string compare in check_sections()
+        # to ignore "[blah" in a parameter string.
+
+        self.entry.parameterlist.append(param)
+        org_arg = KernRe(r'\s\s+').sub(' ', org_arg)
+        self.entry.parametertypes[param] = org_arg
+
+
+    def create_parameter_list(self, ln, decl_type, args,
+                              splitter, declaration_name):
+        """
+        Creates a list of parameters, storing them at self.entry.
+        """
+
+        # temporarily replace all commas inside function pointer definition
+        arg_expr = KernRe(r'(\([^\),]+),')
+        while arg_expr.search(args):
+            args = arg_expr.sub(r"\1#", args)
+
+        for arg in args.split(splitter):
+            # Strip comments
+            arg = KernRe(r'\/\*.*\*\/').sub('', arg)
+
+            # Ignore argument attributes
+            arg = KernRe(r'\sPOS0?\s').sub(' ', arg)
+
+            # Strip leading/trailing spaces
+            arg = arg.strip()
+            arg = KernRe(r'\s+').sub(' ', arg, count=1)
+
+            if arg.startswith('#'):
+                # Treat preprocessor directive as a typeless variable just to fill
+                # corresponding data structures "correctly". Catch it later in
+                # output_* subs.
+
+                # Treat preprocessor directive as a typeless variable
+                self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, arg, "",
+                                    "", declaration_name)
+
+            elif KernRe(r'\(.+\)\s*\(').search(arg):
+                # Pointer-to-function
+
+                arg = arg.replace('#', ',')
+
+                r = KernRe(r'[^\(]+\(\*?\s*([\w\[\]\.]*)\s*\)')
+                if r.match(arg):
+                    param = r.group(1)
+                else:
+                    self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {arg}")
+                    param = arg
+
+                dtype = KernRe(r'([^\(]+\(\*?)\s*' + re.escape(param)).sub(r'\1', arg)
+                self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, param, dtype,
+                                    arg, declaration_name)
+
+            elif KernRe(r'\(.+\)\s*\[').search(arg):
+                # Array-of-pointers
+
+                arg = arg.replace('#', ',')
+                r = KernRe(r'[^\(]+\(\s*\*\s*([\w\[\]\.]*?)\s*(\s*\[\s*[\w]+\s*\]\s*)*\)')
+                if r.match(arg):
+                    param = r.group(1)
+                else:
+                    self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {arg}")
+                    param = arg
+
+                dtype = KernRe(r'([^\(]+\(\*?)\s*' + re.escape(param)).sub(r'\1', arg)
+
+                self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, param, dtype,
+                                    arg, declaration_name)
+
+            elif arg:
+                arg = KernRe(r'\s*:\s*').sub(":", arg)
+                arg = KernRe(r'\s*\[').sub('[', arg)
+
+                args = KernRe(r'\s*,\s*').split(arg)
+                if args[0] and '*' in args[0]:
+                    args[0] = re.sub(r'(\*+)\s*', r' \1', args[0])
+
+                first_arg = []
+                r = KernRe(r'^(.*\s+)(.*?\[.*\].*)$')
+                if args[0] and r.match(args[0]):
+                    args.pop(0)
+                    first_arg.extend(r.group(1))
+                    first_arg.append(r.group(2))
+                else:
+                    first_arg = KernRe(r'\s+').split(args.pop(0))
+
+                args.insert(0, first_arg.pop())
+                dtype = ' '.join(first_arg)
+
+                for param in args:
+                    if KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)').match(param):
+                        r = KernRe(r'^(\*+)\s*(.*)')
+                        if not r.match(param):
+                            self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {param}")
+                            continue
+
+                        param = r.group(1)
+
+                        self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, r.group(2),
+                                            f"{dtype} {r.group(1)}",
+                                            arg, declaration_name)
+
+                    elif KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)').search(param):
+                        r = KernRe(r'(.*?):(\w+)')
+                        if not r.match(param):
+                            self.emit_msg(ln, f"Invalid param: {param}")
+                            continue
+
+                        if dtype != "":  # Skip unnamed bit-fields
+                            self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, r.group(1),
+                                                f"{dtype}:{r.group(2)}",
+                                                arg, declaration_name)
+                    else:
+                        self.push_parameter(ln, decl_type, param, dtype,
+                                            arg, declaration_name)
+
+    def check_sections(self, ln, decl_name, decl_type):
+        """
+        Check for errors inside sections, emitting warnings if not found
+        parameters are described.
+        """
+        for section in self.entry.sections:
+            if section not in self.entry.parameterlist and \
+               not known_sections.search(section):
+                if decl_type == 'function':
+                    dname = f"{decl_type} parameter"
+                else:
+                    dname = f"{decl_type} member"
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"Excess {dname} '{section}' description in '{decl_name}'")
+
+    def check_return_section(self, ln, declaration_name, return_type):
+        """
+        If the function doesn't return void, warns about the lack of a
+        return description.
+        """
+
+        if not self.config.wreturn:
+            return
+
+        # Ignore an empty return type (It's a macro)
+        # Ignore functions with a "void" return type (but not "void *")
+        if not return_type or KernRe(r'void\s*\w*\s*$').search(return_type):
+            return
+
+        if not self.entry.sections.get("Return", None):
+            self.emit_msg(ln,
+                          f"No description found for return value of '{declaration_name}'")
+
+    def dump_struct(self, ln, proto):
+        """
+        Store an entry for an struct or union
+        """
+
+        type_pattern = r'(struct|union)'
+
+        qualifiers = [
+            "__attribute__",
+            "__packed",
+            "__aligned",
+            "____cacheline_aligned_in_smp",
+            "____cacheline_aligned",
+        ]
+
+        definition_body = r'\{(.*)\}\s*' + "(?:" + '|'.join(qualifiers) + ")?"
+        struct_members = KernRe(type_pattern + r'([^\{\};]+)(\{)([^\{\}]*)(\})([^\{\}\;]*)(\;)')
+
+        # Extract struct/union definition
+        members = None
+        declaration_name = None
+        decl_type = None
+
+        r = KernRe(type_pattern + r'\s+(\w+)\s*' + definition_body)
+        if r.search(proto):
+            decl_type = r.group(1)
+            declaration_name = r.group(2)
+            members = r.group(3)
+        else:
+            r = KernRe(r'typedef\s+' + type_pattern + r'\s*' + definition_body + r'\s*(\w+)\s*;')
+
+            if r.search(proto):
+                decl_type = r.group(1)
+                declaration_name = r.group(3)
+                members = r.group(2)
+
+        if not members:
+            self.emit_msg(ln, f"{proto} error: Cannot parse struct or union!")
+            return
+
+        if self.entry.identifier != declaration_name:
+            self.emit_msg(ln,
+                          f"expecting prototype for {decl_type} {self.entry.identifier}. Prototype was for {decl_type} {declaration_name} instead\n")
+            return
+
+        args_pattern = r'([^,)]+)'
+
+        sub_prefixes = [
+            (KernRe(r'\/\*\s*private:.*?\/\*\s*public:.*?\*\/', re.S | re.I), ''),
+            (KernRe(r'\/\*\s*private:.*', re.S | re.I), ''),
+
+            # Strip comments
+            (KernRe(r'\/\*.*?\*\/', re.S), ''),
+
+            # Strip attributes
+            (attribute, ' '),
+            (KernRe(r'\s*__aligned\s*\([^;]*\)', re.S), ' '),
+            (KernRe(r'\s*__counted_by\s*\([^;]*\)', re.S), ' '),
+            (KernRe(r'\s*__counted_by_(le|be)\s*\([^;]*\)', re.S), ' '),
+            (KernRe(r'\s*__packed\s*', re.S), ' '),
+            (KernRe(r'\s*CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR', re.S), ' '),
+            (KernRe(r'\s*____cacheline_aligned_in_smp', re.S), ' '),
+            (KernRe(r'\s*____cacheline_aligned', re.S), ' '),
+
+            # Unwrap struct_group macros based on this definition:
+            # __struct_group(TAG, NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS...)
+            # which has variants like: struct_group(NAME, MEMBERS...)
+            # Only MEMBERS arguments require documentation.
+            #
+            # Parsing them happens on two steps:
+            #
+            # 1. drop struct group arguments that aren't at MEMBERS,
+            #    storing them as STRUCT_GROUP(MEMBERS)
+            #
+            # 2. remove STRUCT_GROUP() ancillary macro.
+            #
+            # The original logic used to remove STRUCT_GROUP() using an
+            # advanced regex:
+            #
+            #   \bSTRUCT_GROUP(\(((?:(?>[^)(]+)|(?1))*)\))[^;]*;
+            #
+            # with two patterns that are incompatible with
+            # Python re module, as it has:
+            #
+            #   - a recursive pattern: (?1)
+            #   - an atomic grouping: (?>...)
+            #
+            # I tried a simpler version: but it didn't work either:
+            #   \bSTRUCT_GROUP\(([^\)]+)\)[^;]*;
+            #
+            # As it doesn't properly match the end parenthesis on some cases.
+            #
+            # So, a better solution was crafted: there's now a NestedMatch
+            # class that ensures that delimiters after a search are properly
+            # matched. So, the implementation to drop STRUCT_GROUP() will be
+            # handled in separate.
+
+            (KernRe(r'\bstruct_group\s*\(([^,]*,)', re.S), r'STRUCT_GROUP('),
+            (KernRe(r'\bstruct_group_attr\s*\(([^,]*,){2}', re.S), r'STRUCT_GROUP('),
+            (KernRe(r'\bstruct_group_tagged\s*\(([^,]*),([^,]*),', re.S), r'struct \1 \2; STRUCT_GROUP('),
+            (KernRe(r'\b__struct_group\s*\(([^,]*,){3}', re.S), r'STRUCT_GROUP('),
+
+            # Replace macros
+            #
+            # TODO: use NestedMatch for FOO($1, $2, ...) matches
+            #
+            # it is better to also move those to the NestedMatch logic,
+            # to ensure that parenthesis will be properly matched.
+
+            (KernRe(r'__ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK\s*\(([^\)]+)\)', re.S), r'DECLARE_BITMAP(\1, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS)'),
+            (KernRe(r'DECLARE_PHY_INTERFACE_MASK\s*\(([^\)]+)\)', re.S), r'DECLARE_BITMAP(\1, PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MAX)'),
+            (KernRe(r'DECLARE_BITMAP\s*\(' + args_pattern + r',\s*' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'unsigned long \1[BITS_TO_LONGS(\2)]'),
+            (KernRe(r'DECLARE_HASHTABLE\s*\(' + args_pattern + r',\s*' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'unsigned long \1[1 << ((\2) - 1)]'),
+            (KernRe(r'DECLARE_KFIFO\s*\(' + args_pattern + r',\s*' + args_pattern + r',\s*' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'\2 *\1'),
+            (KernRe(r'DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR\s*\(' + args_pattern + r',\s*' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'\2 *\1'),
+            (KernRe(r'(?:__)?DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY\s*\(' + args_pattern + r',\s*' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'\1 \2[]'),
+            (KernRe(r'DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_ADDR\s*\(' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'dma_addr_t \1'),
+            (KernRe(r'DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_LEN\s*\(' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'__u32 \1'),
+            (KernRe(r'VIRTIO_DECLARE_FEATURES\s*\(' + args_pattern + r'\)', re.S), r'u64 \1; u64 \1_array[VIRTIO_FEATURES_DWORDS]'),
+        ]
+
+        # Regexes here are guaranteed to have the end limiter matching
+        # the start delimiter. Yet, right now, only one replace group
+        # is allowed.
+
+        sub_nested_prefixes = [
+            (re.compile(r'\bSTRUCT_GROUP\('), r'\1'),
+        ]
+
+        for search, sub in sub_prefixes:
+            members = search.sub(sub, members)
+
+        nested = NestedMatch()
+
+        for search, sub in sub_nested_prefixes:
+            members = nested.sub(search, sub, members)
+
+        # Keeps the original declaration as-is
+        declaration = members
+
+        # Split nested struct/union elements
+        #
+        # This loop was simpler at the original kernel-doc perl version, as
+        #   while ($members =~ m/$struct_members/) { ... }
+        # reads 'members' string on each interaction.
+        #
+        # Python behavior is different: it parses 'members' only once,
+        # creating a list of tuples from the first interaction.
+        #
+        # On other words, this won't get nested structs.
+        #
+        # So, we need to have an extra loop on Python to override such
+        # re limitation.
+
+        while True:
+            tuples = struct_members.findall(members)
+            if not tuples:
+                break
+
+            for t in tuples:
+                newmember = ""
+                maintype = t[0]
+                s_ids = t[5]
+                content = t[3]
+
+                oldmember = "".join(t)
+
+                for s_id in s_ids.split(','):
+                    s_id = s_id.strip()
+
+                    newmember += f"{maintype} {s_id}; "
+                    s_id = KernRe(r'[:\[].*').sub('', s_id)
+                    s_id = KernRe(r'^\s*\**(\S+)\s*').sub(r'\1', s_id)
+
+                    for arg in content.split(';'):
+                        arg = arg.strip()
+
+                        if not arg:
+                            continue
+
+                        r = KernRe(r'^([^\(]+\(\*?\s*)([\w\.]*)(\s*\).*)')
+                        if r.match(arg):
+                            # Pointer-to-function
+                            dtype = r.group(1)
+                            name = r.group(2)
+                            extra = r.group(3)
+
+                            if not name:
+                                continue
+
+                            if not s_id:
+                                # Anonymous struct/union
+                                newmember += f"{dtype}{name}{extra}; "
+                            else:
+                                newmember += f"{dtype}{s_id}.{name}{extra}; "
+
+                        else:
+                            arg = arg.strip()
+                            # Handle bitmaps
+                            arg = KernRe(r':\s*\d+\s*').sub('', arg)
+
+                            # Handle arrays
+                            arg = KernRe(r'\[.*\]').sub('', arg)
+
+                            # Handle multiple IDs
+                            arg = KernRe(r'\s*,\s*').sub(',', arg)
+
+                            r = KernRe(r'(.*)\s+([\S+,]+)')
+
+                            if r.search(arg):
+                                dtype = r.group(1)
+                                names = r.group(2)
+                            else:
+                                newmember += f"{arg}; "
+                                continue
+
+                            for name in names.split(','):
+                                name = KernRe(r'^\s*\**(\S+)\s*').sub(r'\1', name).strip()
+
+                                if not name:
+                                    continue
+
+                                if not s_id:
+                                    # Anonymous struct/union
+                                    newmember += f"{dtype} {name}; "
+                                else:
+                                    newmember += f"{dtype} {s_id}.{name}; "
+
+                members = members.replace(oldmember, newmember)
+
+        # Ignore other nested elements, like enums
+        members = re.sub(r'(\{[^\{\}]*\})', '', members)
+
+        self.create_parameter_list(ln, decl_type, members, ';',
+                                   declaration_name)
+        self.check_sections(ln, declaration_name, decl_type)
+
+        # Adjust declaration for better display
+        declaration = KernRe(r'([\{;])').sub(r'\1\n', declaration)
+        declaration = KernRe(r'\}\s+;').sub('};', declaration)
+
+        # Better handle inlined enums
+        while True:
+            r = KernRe(r'(enum\s+\{[^\}]+),([^\n])')
+            if not r.search(declaration):
+                break
+
+            declaration = r.sub(r'\1,\n\2', declaration)
+
+        def_args = declaration.split('\n')
+        level = 1
+        declaration = ""
+        for clause in def_args:
+
+            clause = clause.strip()
+            clause = KernRe(r'\s+').sub(' ', clause, count=1)
+
+            if not clause:
+                continue
+
+            if '}' in clause and level > 1:
+                level -= 1
+
+            if not KernRe(r'^\s*#').match(clause):
+                declaration += "\t" * level
+
+            declaration += "\t" + clause + "\n"
+            if "{" in clause and "}" not in clause:
+                level += 1
+
+        self.output_declaration(decl_type, declaration_name,
+                                definition=declaration,
+                                purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
+
+    def dump_enum(self, ln, proto):
+        """
+        Stores an enum inside self.entries array.
+        """
+
+        # Ignore members marked private
+        proto = KernRe(r'\/\*\s*private:.*?\/\*\s*public:.*?\*\/', flags=re.S).sub('', proto)
+        proto = KernRe(r'\/\*\s*private:.*}', flags=re.S).sub('}', proto)
+
+        # Strip comments
+        proto = KernRe(r'\/\*.*?\*\/', flags=re.S).sub('', proto)
+
+        # Strip #define macros inside enums
+        proto = KernRe(r'#\s*((define|ifdef|if)\s+|endif)[^;]*;', flags=re.S).sub('', proto)
+
+        #
+        # Parse out the name and members of the enum.  Typedef form first.
+        #
+        r = KernRe(r'typedef\s+enum\s*\{(.*)\}\s*(\w*)\s*;')
+        if r.search(proto):
+            declaration_name = r.group(2)
+            members = r.group(1).rstrip()
+        #
+        # Failing that, look for a straight enum
+        #
+        else:
+            r = KernRe(r'enum\s+(\w*)\s*\{(.*)\}')
+            if r.match(proto):
+                declaration_name = r.group(1)
+                members = r.group(2).rstrip()
+        #
+        # OK, this isn't going to work.
+        #
+            else:
+                self.emit_msg(ln, f"{proto}: error: Cannot parse enum!")
+                return
+        #
+        # Make sure we found what we were expecting.
+        #
+        if self.entry.identifier != declaration_name:
+            if self.entry.identifier == "":
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"{proto}: wrong kernel-doc identifier on prototype")
+            else:
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"expecting prototype for enum {self.entry.identifier}. "
+                              f"Prototype was for enum {declaration_name} instead")
+            return
+
+        if not declaration_name:
+            declaration_name = "(anonymous)"
+        #
+        # Parse out the name of each enum member, and verify that we
+        # have a description for it.
+        #
+        member_set = set()
+        members = KernRe(r'\([^;)]*\)').sub('', members)
+        for arg in members.split(','):
+            if not arg:
+                continue
+            arg = KernRe(r'^\s*(\w+).*').sub(r'\1', arg)
+            self.entry.parameterlist.append(arg)
+            if arg not in self.entry.parameterdescs:
+                self.entry.parameterdescs[arg] = self.undescribed
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"Enum value '{arg}' not described in enum '{declaration_name}'")
+            member_set.add(arg)
+        #
+        # Ensure that every described member actually exists in the enum.
+        #
+        for k in self.entry.parameterdescs:
+            if k not in member_set:
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"Excess enum value '%{k}' description in '{declaration_name}'")
+
+        self.output_declaration('enum', declaration_name,
+                                purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
+
+    def dump_declaration(self, ln, prototype):
+        """
+        Stores a data declaration inside self.entries array.
+        """
+
+        if self.entry.decl_type == "enum":
+            self.dump_enum(ln, prototype)
+        elif self.entry.decl_type == "typedef":
+            self.dump_typedef(ln, prototype)
+        elif self.entry.decl_type in ["union", "struct"]:
+            self.dump_struct(ln, prototype)
+        else:
+            # This would be a bug
+            self.emit_message(ln, f'Unknown declaration type: {self.entry.decl_type}')
+
+    def dump_function(self, ln, prototype):
+        """
+        Stores a function of function macro inside self.entries array.
+        """
+
+        func_macro = False
+        return_type = ''
+        decl_type = 'function'
+
+        # Prefixes that would be removed
+        sub_prefixes = [
+            (r"^static +", "", 0),
+            (r"^extern +", "", 0),
+            (r"^asmlinkage +", "", 0),
+            (r"^inline +", "", 0),
+            (r"^__inline__ +", "", 0),
+            (r"^__inline +", "", 0),
+            (r"^__always_inline +", "", 0),
+            (r"^noinline +", "", 0),
+            (r"^__FORTIFY_INLINE +", "", 0),
+            (r"QEMU_[A-Z_]+ +", "", 0),
+            (r"__init +", "", 0),
+            (r"__init_or_module +", "", 0),
+            (r"__deprecated +", "", 0),
+            (r"__flatten +", "", 0),
+            (r"__meminit +", "", 0),
+            (r"__must_check +", "", 0),
+            (r"__weak +", "", 0),
+            (r"__sched +", "", 0),
+            (r"_noprof", "", 0),
+            (r"__printf\s*\(\s*\d*\s*,\s*\d*\s*\) +", "", 0),
+            (r"__(?:re)?alloc_size\s*\(\s*\d+\s*(?:,\s*\d+\s*)?\) +", "", 0),
+            (r"__diagnose_as\s*\(\s*\S+\s*(?:,\s*\d+\s*)*\) +", "", 0),
+            (r"DECL_BUCKET_PARAMS\s*\(\s*(\S+)\s*,\s*(\S+)\s*\)", r"\1, \2", 0),
+            (r"__attribute_const__ +", "", 0),
+
+            # It seems that Python support for re.X is broken:
+            # At least for me (Python 3.13), this didn't work
+#            (r"""
+#              __attribute__\s*\(\(
+#                (?:
+#                    [\w\s]+          # attribute name
+#                    (?:\([^)]*\))?   # attribute arguments
+#                    \s*,?            # optional comma at the end
+#                )+
+#              \)\)\s+
+#             """, "", re.X),
+
+            # So, remove whitespaces and comments from it
+            (r"__attribute__\s*\(\((?:[\w\s]+(?:\([^)]*\))?\s*,?)+\)\)\s+", "", 0),
+        ]
+
+        for search, sub, flags in sub_prefixes:
+            prototype = KernRe(search, flags).sub(sub, prototype)
+
+        # Macros are a special case, as they change the prototype format
+        new_proto = KernRe(r"^#\s*define\s+").sub("", prototype)
+        if new_proto != prototype:
+            is_define_proto = True
+            prototype = new_proto
+        else:
+            is_define_proto = False
+
+        # Yes, this truly is vile.  We are looking for:
+        # 1. Return type (may be nothing if we're looking at a macro)
+        # 2. Function name
+        # 3. Function parameters.
+        #
+        # All the while we have to watch out for function pointer parameters
+        # (which IIRC is what the two sections are for), C types (these
+        # regexps don't even start to express all the possibilities), and
+        # so on.
+        #
+        # If you mess with these regexps, it's a good idea to check that
+        # the following functions' documentation still comes out right:
+        # - parport_register_device (function pointer parameters)
+        # - atomic_set (macro)
+        # - pci_match_device, __copy_to_user (long return type)
+
+        name = r'[a-zA-Z0-9_~:]+'
+        prototype_end1 = r'[^\(]*'
+        prototype_end2 = r'[^\{]*'
+        prototype_end = fr'\(({prototype_end1}|{prototype_end2})\)'
+
+        # Besides compiling, Perl qr{[\w\s]+} works as a non-capturing group.
+        # So, this needs to be mapped in Python with (?:...)? or (?:...)+
+
+        type1 = r'(?:[\w\s]+)?'
+        type2 = r'(?:[\w\s]+\*+)+'
+
+        found = False
+
+        if is_define_proto:
+            r = KernRe(r'^()(' + name + r')\s+')
+
+            if r.search(prototype):
+                return_type = ''
+                declaration_name = r.group(2)
+                func_macro = True
+
+                found = True
+
+        if not found:
+            patterns = [
+                rf'^()({name})\s*{prototype_end}',
+                rf'^({type1})\s+({name})\s*{prototype_end}',
+                rf'^({type2})\s*({name})\s*{prototype_end}',
+            ]
+
+            for p in patterns:
+                r = KernRe(p)
+
+                if r.match(prototype):
+
+                    return_type = r.group(1)
+                    declaration_name = r.group(2)
+                    args = r.group(3)
+
+                    self.create_parameter_list(ln, decl_type, args, ',',
+                                               declaration_name)
+
+                    found = True
+                    break
+        if not found:
+            self.emit_msg(ln,
+                          f"cannot understand function prototype: '{prototype}'")
+            return
+
+        if self.entry.identifier != declaration_name:
+            self.emit_msg(ln,
+                          f"expecting prototype for {self.entry.identifier}(). Prototype was for {declaration_name}() instead")
+            return
+
+        self.check_sections(ln, declaration_name, "function")
+
+        self.check_return_section(ln, declaration_name, return_type)
+
+        if 'typedef' in return_type:
+            self.output_declaration(decl_type, declaration_name,
+                                    typedef=True,
+                                    functiontype=return_type,
+                                    purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose,
+                                    func_macro=func_macro)
+        else:
+            self.output_declaration(decl_type, declaration_name,
+                                    typedef=False,
+                                    functiontype=return_type,
+                                    purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose,
+                                    func_macro=func_macro)
+
+    def dump_typedef(self, ln, proto):
+        """
+        Stores a typedef inside self.entries array.
+        """
+
+        typedef_type = r'((?:\s+[\w\*]+\b){0,7}\s+(?:\w+\b|\*+))\s*'
+        typedef_ident = r'\*?\s*(\w\S+)\s*'
+        typedef_args = r'\s*\((.*)\);'
+
+        typedef1 = KernRe(r'typedef' + typedef_type + r'\(' + typedef_ident + r'\)' + typedef_args)
+        typedef2 = KernRe(r'typedef' + typedef_type + typedef_ident + typedef_args)
+
+        # Strip comments
+        proto = KernRe(r'/\*.*?\*/', flags=re.S).sub('', proto)
+
+        # Parse function typedef prototypes
+        for r in [typedef1, typedef2]:
+            if not r.match(proto):
+                continue
+
+            return_type = r.group(1).strip()
+            declaration_name = r.group(2)
+            args = r.group(3)
+
+            if self.entry.identifier != declaration_name:
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"expecting prototype for typedef {self.entry.identifier}. Prototype was for typedef {declaration_name} instead\n")
+                return
+
+            decl_type = 'function'
+            self.create_parameter_list(ln, decl_type, args, ',', declaration_name)
+
+            self.output_declaration(decl_type, declaration_name,
+                                    typedef=True,
+                                    functiontype=return_type,
+                                    purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
+            return
+
+        # Handle nested parentheses or brackets
+        r = KernRe(r'(\(*.\)\s*|\[*.\]\s*);$')
+        while r.search(proto):
+            proto = r.sub('', proto)
+
+        # Parse simple typedefs
+        r = KernRe(r'typedef.*\s+(\w+)\s*;')
+        if r.match(proto):
+            declaration_name = r.group(1)
+
+            if self.entry.identifier != declaration_name:
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"expecting prototype for typedef {self.entry.identifier}. Prototype was for typedef {declaration_name} instead\n")
+                return
+
+            self.output_declaration('typedef', declaration_name,
+                                    purpose=self.entry.declaration_purpose)
+            return
+
+        self.emit_msg(ln, "error: Cannot parse typedef!")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def process_export(function_set, line):
+        """
+        process EXPORT_SYMBOL* tags
+
+        This method doesn't use any variable from the class, so declare it
+        with a staticmethod decorator.
+        """
+
+        # We support documenting some exported symbols with different
+        # names.  A horrible hack.
+        suffixes = [ '_noprof' ]
+
+        # Note: it accepts only one EXPORT_SYMBOL* per line, as having
+        # multiple export lines would violate Kernel coding style.
+
+        if export_symbol.search(line):
+            symbol = export_symbol.group(2)
+        elif export_symbol_ns.search(line):
+            symbol = export_symbol_ns.group(2)
+        else:
+            return False
+        #
+        # Found an export, trim out any special suffixes
+        #
+        for suffix in suffixes:
+            # Be backward compatible with Python < 3.9
+            if symbol.endswith(suffix):
+                symbol = symbol[:-len(suffix)]
+        function_set.add(symbol)
+        return True
+
+    def process_normal(self, ln, line):
+        """
+        STATE_NORMAL: looking for the /** to begin everything.
+        """
+
+        if not doc_start.match(line):
+            return
+
+        # start a new entry
+        self.reset_state(ln)
+
+        # next line is always the function name
+        self.state = state.NAME
+
+    def process_name(self, ln, line):
+        """
+        STATE_NAME: Looking for the "name - description" line
+        """
+        #
+        # Check for a DOC: block and handle them specially.
+        #
+        if doc_block.search(line):
+
+            if not doc_block.group(1):
+                self.entry.begin_section(ln, "Introduction")
+            else:
+                self.entry.begin_section(ln, doc_block.group(1))
+
+            self.entry.identifier = self.entry.section
+            self.state = state.DOCBLOCK
+        #
+        # Otherwise we're looking for a normal kerneldoc declaration line.
+        #
+        elif doc_decl.search(line):
+            self.entry.identifier = doc_decl.group(1)
+
+            # Test for data declaration
+            if doc_begin_data.search(line):
+                self.entry.decl_type = doc_begin_data.group(1)
+                self.entry.identifier = doc_begin_data.group(2)
+            #
+            # Look for a function description
+            #
+            elif doc_begin_func.search(line):
+                self.entry.identifier = doc_begin_func.group(1)
+                self.entry.decl_type = "function"
+            #
+            # We struck out.
+            #
+            else:
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst\n{line}")
+                self.state = state.NORMAL
+                return
+            #
+            # OK, set up for a new kerneldoc entry.
+            #
+            self.state = state.BODY
+            self.entry.identifier = self.entry.identifier.strip(" ")
+            # if there's no @param blocks need to set up default section here
+            self.entry.begin_section(ln + 1)
+            #
+            # Find the description portion, which *should* be there but
+            # isn't always.
+            # (We should be able to capture this from the previous parsing - someday)
+            #
+            r = KernRe("[-:](.*)")
+            if r.search(line):
+                self.entry.declaration_purpose = trim_whitespace(r.group(1))
+                self.state = state.DECLARATION
+            else:
+                self.entry.declaration_purpose = ""
+
+            if not self.entry.declaration_purpose and self.config.wshort_desc:
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"missing initial short description on line:\n{line}")
+
+            if not self.entry.identifier and self.entry.decl_type != "enum":
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"wrong kernel-doc identifier on line:\n{line}")
+                self.state = state.NORMAL
+
+            if self.config.verbose:
+                self.emit_msg(ln,
+                              f"Scanning doc for {self.entry.decl_type} {self.entry.identifier}",
+                                  warning=False)
+        #
+        # Failed to find an identifier. Emit a warning
+        #
+        else:
+            self.emit_msg(ln, f"Cannot find identifier on line:\n{line}")
+
+    #
+    # Helper function to determine if a new section is being started.
+    #
+    def is_new_section(self, ln, line):
+        if doc_sect.search(line):
+            self.state = state.BODY
+            #
+            # Pick out the name of our new section, tweaking it if need be.
+            #
+            newsection = doc_sect.group(1)
+            if newsection.lower() == 'description':
+                newsection = 'Description'
+            elif newsection.lower() == 'context':
+                newsection = 'Context'
+                self.state = state.SPECIAL_SECTION
+            elif newsection.lower() in ["@return", "@returns",
+                                        "return", "returns"]:
+                newsection = "Return"
+                self.state = state.SPECIAL_SECTION
+            elif newsection[0] == '@':
+                self.state = state.SPECIAL_SECTION
+            #
+            # Initialize the contents, and get the new section going.
+            #
+            newcontents = doc_sect.group(2)
+            if not newcontents:
+                newcontents = ""
+            self.dump_section()
+            self.entry.begin_section(ln, newsection)
+            self.entry.leading_space = None
+
+            self.entry.add_text(newcontents.lstrip())
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    #
+    # Helper function to detect (and effect) the end of a kerneldoc comment.
+    #
+    def is_comment_end(self, ln, line):
+        if doc_end.search(line):
+            self.dump_section()
+
+            # Look for doc_com + <text> + doc_end:
+            r = KernRe(r'\s*\*\s*[a-zA-Z_0-9:\.]+\*/')
+            if r.match(line):
+                self.emit_msg(ln, f"suspicious ending line: {line}")
+
+            self.entry.prototype = ""
+            self.entry.new_start_line = ln + 1
+
+            self.state = state.PROTO
+            return True
+        return False
+
+
+    def process_decl(self, ln, line):
+        """
+        STATE_DECLARATION: We've seen the beginning of a declaration
+        """
+        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
+            #
+            # Otherwise we have more of the declaration section to soak up.
+            #
+            else:
+                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):
+        """
+        STATE_SPECIAL_SECTION: a section ending with a blank line
+        """
+        #
+        # If we have hit a blank line (only the " * " marker), then this
+        # section is done.
+        #
+        if KernRe(r"\s*\*\s*$").match(line):
+            self.entry.begin_section(ln, dump = True)
+            self.state = state.BODY
+            return
+        #
+        # Not a blank line, look for the other ways to end the section.
+        #
+        if self.is_new_section(ln, line) or self.is_comment_end(ln, line):
+            return
+        #
+        # OK, we should have a continuation of the text for this section.
+        #
+        if doc_content.search(line):
+            cont = doc_content.group(1)
+            #
+            # If the lines of text after the first in a special section have
+            # leading white space, we need to trim it out or Sphinx will get
+            # confused.  For the second line (the None case), see what we
+            # find there and remember it.
+            #
+            if self.entry.leading_space is None:
+                r = KernRe(r'^(\s+)')
+                if r.match(cont):
+                    self.entry.leading_space = len(r.group(1))
+                else:
+                    self.entry.leading_space = 0
+            #
+            # Otherwise, before trimming any leading chars, be *sure*
+            # that they are white space.  We should maybe warn if this
+            # isn't the case.
+            #
+            for i in range(0, self.entry.leading_space):
+                if cont[i] != " ":
+                    self.entry.leading_space = i
+                    break
+            #
+            # Add the trimmed result to the section and we're done.
+            #
+            self.entry.add_text(cont[self.entry.leading_space:])
+        else:
+            # Unknown line, ignore
+            self.emit_msg(ln, f"bad line: {line}")
+
+    def process_body(self, ln, line):
+        """
+        STATE_BODY: the bulk of a kerneldoc comment.
+        """
+        if self.is_new_section(ln, line) or self.is_comment_end(ln, line):
+            return
+
+        if doc_content.search(line):
+            cont = doc_content.group(1)
+            self.entry.add_text(cont)
+        else:
+            # Unknown line, ignore
+            self.emit_msg(ln, f"bad line: {line}")
+
+    def process_inline_name(self, ln, line):
+        """STATE_INLINE_NAME: beginning of docbook comments within a prototype."""
+
+        if doc_inline_sect.search(line):
+            self.entry.begin_section(ln, doc_inline_sect.group(1))
+            self.entry.add_text(doc_inline_sect.group(2).lstrip())
+            self.state = state.INLINE_TEXT
+        elif doc_inline_end.search(line):
+            self.dump_section()
+            self.state = state.PROTO
+        elif doc_content.search(line):
+            self.emit_msg(ln, f"Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: {line}")
+            self.state = state.PROTO
+        # else ... ??
+
+    def process_inline_text(self, ln, line):
+        """STATE_INLINE_TEXT: docbook comments within a prototype."""
+
+        if doc_inline_end.search(line):
+            self.dump_section()
+            self.state = state.PROTO
+        elif doc_content.search(line):
+            self.entry.add_text(doc_content.group(1))
+        # else ... ??
+
+    def syscall_munge(self, ln, proto):         # pylint: disable=W0613
+        """
+        Handle syscall definitions
+        """
+
+        is_void = False
+
+        # Strip newlines/CR's
+        proto = re.sub(r'[\r\n]+', ' ', proto)
+
+        # Check if it's a SYSCALL_DEFINE0
+        if 'SYSCALL_DEFINE0' in proto:
+            is_void = True
+
+        # Replace SYSCALL_DEFINE with correct return type & function name
+        proto = KernRe(r'SYSCALL_DEFINE.*\(').sub('long sys_', proto)
+
+        r = KernRe(r'long\s+(sys_.*?),')
+        if r.search(proto):
+            proto = KernRe(',').sub('(', proto, count=1)
+        elif is_void:
+            proto = KernRe(r'\)').sub('(void)', proto, count=1)
+
+        # Now delete all of the odd-numbered commas in the proto
+        # so that argument types & names don't have a comma between them
+        count = 0
+        length = len(proto)
+
+        if is_void:
+            length = 0  # skip the loop if is_void
+
+        for ix in range(length):
+            if proto[ix] == ',':
+                count += 1
+                if count % 2 == 1:
+                    proto = proto[:ix] + ' ' + proto[ix + 1:]
+
+        return proto
+
+    def tracepoint_munge(self, ln, proto):
+        """
+        Handle tracepoint definitions
+        """
+
+        tracepointname = None
+        tracepointargs = None
+
+        # Match tracepoint name based on different patterns
+        r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT\((.*?),')
+        if r.search(proto):
+            tracepointname = r.group(1)
+
+        r = KernRe(r'DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT\((.*?),')
+        if r.search(proto):
+            tracepointname = r.group(1)
+
+        r = KernRe(r'DEFINE_EVENT\((.*?),(.*?),')
+        if r.search(proto):
+            tracepointname = r.group(2)
+
+        if tracepointname:
+            tracepointname = tracepointname.lstrip()
+
+        r = KernRe(r'TP_PROTO\((.*?)\)')
+        if r.search(proto):
+            tracepointargs = r.group(1)
+
+        if not tracepointname or not tracepointargs:
+            self.emit_msg(ln,
+                          f"Unrecognized tracepoint format:\n{proto}\n")
+        else:
+            proto = f"static inline void trace_{tracepointname}({tracepointargs})"
+            self.entry.identifier = f"trace_{self.entry.identifier}"
+
+        return proto
+
+    def process_proto_function(self, ln, line):
+        """Ancillary routine to process a function prototype"""
+
+        # strip C99-style comments to end of line
+        line = KernRe(r"\/\/.*$", re.S).sub('', line)
+        #
+        # Soak up the line's worth of prototype text, stopping at { or ; if present.
+        #
+        if KernRe(r'\s*#\s*define').match(line):
+            self.entry.prototype = line
+        elif not line.startswith('#'):   # skip other preprocessor stuff
+            r = KernRe(r'([^\{]*)')
+            if r.match(line):
+                self.entry.prototype += r.group(1) + " "
+        #
+        # If we now have the whole prototype, clean it up and declare victory.
+        #
+        if '{' in line or ';' in line or KernRe(r'\s*#\s*define').match(line):
+            # strip comments and surrounding spaces
+            self.entry.prototype = KernRe(r'/\*.*\*/').sub('', self.entry.prototype).strip()
+            #
+            # Handle self.entry.prototypes for function pointers like:
+            #       int (*pcs_config)(struct foo)
+            # by turning it into
+            #	    int pcs_config(struct foo)
+            #
+            r = KernRe(r'^(\S+\s+)\(\s*\*(\S+)\)')
+            self.entry.prototype = r.sub(r'\1\2', self.entry.prototype)
+            #
+            # Handle special declaration syntaxes
+            #
+            if 'SYSCALL_DEFINE' in self.entry.prototype:
+                self.entry.prototype = self.syscall_munge(ln,
+                                                          self.entry.prototype)
+            else:
+                r = KernRe(r'TRACE_EVENT|DEFINE_EVENT|DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT')
+                if r.search(self.entry.prototype):
+                    self.entry.prototype = self.tracepoint_munge(ln,
+                                                                 self.entry.prototype)
+            #
+            # ... and we're done
+            #
+            self.dump_function(ln, self.entry.prototype)
+            self.reset_state(ln)
+
+    def process_proto_type(self, ln, line):
+        """Ancillary routine to process a type"""
+
+        # Strip C99-style comments and surrounding whitespace
+        line = KernRe(r"//.*$", re.S).sub('', line).strip()
+        if not line:
+            return # nothing to see here
+
+        # To distinguish preprocessor directive from regular declaration later.
+        if line.startswith('#'):
+            line += ";"
+        #
+        # Split the declaration on any of { } or ;, and accumulate pieces
+        # until we hit a semicolon while not inside {brackets}
+        #
+        r = KernRe(r'(.*?)([{};])')
+        for chunk in r.split(line):
+            if chunk:  # Ignore empty matches
+                self.entry.prototype += chunk
+                #
+                # This cries out for a match statement ... someday after we can
+                # drop Python 3.9 ...
+                #
+                if chunk == '{':
+                    self.entry.brcount += 1
+                elif chunk == '}':
+                    self.entry.brcount -= 1
+                elif chunk == ';' and self.entry.brcount <= 0:
+                    self.dump_declaration(ln, self.entry.prototype)
+                    self.reset_state(ln)
+                    return
+        #
+        # We hit the end of the line while still in the declaration; put
+        # in a space to represent the newline.
+        #
+        self.entry.prototype += ' '
+
+    def process_proto(self, ln, line):
+        """STATE_PROTO: reading a function/whatever prototype."""
+
+        if doc_inline_oneline.search(line):
+            self.entry.begin_section(ln, doc_inline_oneline.group(1))
+            self.entry.add_text(doc_inline_oneline.group(2))
+            self.dump_section()
+
+        elif doc_inline_start.search(line):
+            self.state = state.INLINE_NAME
+
+        elif self.entry.decl_type == 'function':
+            self.process_proto_function(ln, line)
+
+        else:
+            self.process_proto_type(ln, line)
+
+    def process_docblock(self, ln, line):
+        """STATE_DOCBLOCK: within a DOC: block."""
+
+        if doc_end.search(line):
+            self.dump_section()
+            self.output_declaration("doc", self.entry.identifier)
+            self.reset_state(ln)
+
+        elif doc_content.search(line):
+            self.entry.add_text(doc_content.group(1))
+
+    def parse_export(self):
+        """
+        Parses EXPORT_SYMBOL* macros from a single Kernel source file.
+        """
+
+        export_table = set()
+
+        try:
+            with open(self.fname, "r", encoding="utf8",
+                      errors="backslashreplace") as fp:
+
+                for line in fp:
+                    self.process_export(export_table, line)
+
+        except IOError:
+            return None
+
+        return export_table
+
+    #
+    # The state/action table telling us which function to invoke in
+    # each state.
+    #
+    state_actions = {
+        state.NORMAL:			process_normal,
+        state.NAME:			process_name,
+        state.BODY:			process_body,
+        state.DECLARATION:		process_decl,
+        state.SPECIAL_SECTION:		process_special,
+        state.INLINE_NAME:		process_inline_name,
+        state.INLINE_TEXT:		process_inline_text,
+        state.PROTO:			process_proto,
+        state.DOCBLOCK:			process_docblock,
+        }
+
+    def parse_kdoc(self):
+        """
+        Open and process each line of a C source file.
+        The parsing is controlled via a state machine, and the line is passed
+        to a different process function depending on the state. The process
+        function may update the state as needed.
+
+        Besides parsing kernel-doc tags, it also parses export symbols.
+        """
+
+        prev = ""
+        prev_ln = None
+        export_table = set()
+
+        try:
+            with open(self.fname, "r", encoding="utf8",
+                      errors="backslashreplace") as fp:
+                for ln, line in enumerate(fp):
+
+                    line = line.expandtabs().strip("\n")
+
+                    # Group continuation lines on prototypes
+                    if self.state == state.PROTO:
+                        if line.endswith("\\"):
+                            prev += line.rstrip("\\")
+                            if not prev_ln:
+                                prev_ln = ln
+                            continue
+
+                        if prev:
+                            ln = prev_ln
+                            line = prev + line
+                            prev = ""
+                            prev_ln = None
+
+                    self.config.log.debug("%d %s: %s",
+                                          ln, state.name[self.state],
+                                          line)
+
+                    # This is an optimization over the original script.
+                    # There, when export_file was used for the same file,
+                    # it was read twice. Here, we use the already-existing
+                    # loop to parse exported symbols as well.
+                    #
+                    if (self.state != state.NORMAL) or \
+                       not self.process_export(export_table, line):
+                        # Hand this line to the appropriate state handler
+                        self.state_actions[self.state](self, ln, line)
+
+        except OSError:
+            self.config.log.error(f"Error: Cannot open file {self.fname}")
+
+        return export_table, self.entries
diff --git a/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..612223e1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright(c) 2025: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>.
+
+"""
+Regular expression ancillary classes.
+
+Those help caching regular expressions and do matching for kernel-doc.
+"""
+
+import re
+
+# Local cache for regular expressions
+re_cache = {}
+
+
+class KernRe:
+    """
+    Helper class to simplify regex declaration and usage,
+
+    It calls re.compile for a given pattern. It also allows adding
+    regular expressions and define sub at class init time.
+
+    Regular expressions can be cached via an argument, helping to speedup
+    searches.
+    """
+
+    def _add_regex(self, string, flags):
+        """
+        Adds a new regex or re-use it from the cache.
+        """
+        self.regex = re_cache.get(string, None)
+        if not self.regex:
+            self.regex = re.compile(string, flags=flags)
+            if self.cache:
+                re_cache[string] = self.regex
+
+    def __init__(self, string, cache=True, flags=0):
+        """
+        Compile a regular expression and initialize internal vars.
+        """
+
+        self.cache = cache
+        self.last_match = None
+
+        self._add_regex(string, flags)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """
+        Return the regular expression pattern.
+        """
+        return self.regex.pattern
+
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        """
+        Allows adding two regular expressions into one.
+        """
+
+        return KernRe(str(self) + str(other), cache=self.cache or other.cache,
+                  flags=self.regex.flags | other.regex.flags)
+
+    def match(self, string):
+        """
+        Handles a re.match storing its results
+        """
+
+        self.last_match = self.regex.match(string)
+        return self.last_match
+
+    def search(self, string):
+        """
+        Handles a re.search storing its results
+        """
+
+        self.last_match = self.regex.search(string)
+        return self.last_match
+
+    def findall(self, string):
+        """
+        Alias to re.findall
+        """
+
+        return self.regex.findall(string)
+
+    def split(self, string):
+        """
+        Alias to re.split
+        """
+
+        return self.regex.split(string)
+
+    def sub(self, sub, string, count=0):
+        """
+        Alias to re.sub
+        """
+
+        return self.regex.sub(sub, string, count=count)
+
+    def group(self, num):
+        """
+        Returns the group results of the last match
+        """
+
+        return self.last_match.group(num)
+
+
+class NestedMatch:
+    """
+    Finding nested delimiters is hard with regular expressions. It is
+    even harder on Python with its normal re module, as there are several
+    advanced regular expressions that are missing.
+
+    This is the case of this pattern:
+
+            '\\bSTRUCT_GROUP(\\(((?:(?>[^)(]+)|(?1))*)\\))[^;]*;'
+
+    which is used to properly match open/close parenthesis of the
+    string search STRUCT_GROUP(),
+
+    Add a class that counts pairs of delimiters, using it to match and
+    replace nested expressions.
+
+    The original approach was suggested by:
+        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5454322/python-how-to-match-nested-parentheses-with-regex
+
+    Although I re-implemented it to make it more generic and match 3 types
+    of delimiters. The logic checks if delimiters are paired. If not, it
+    will ignore the search string.
+    """
+
+    # TODO: make NestedMatch handle multiple match groups
+    #
+    # Right now, regular expressions to match it are defined only up to
+    #       the start delimiter, e.g.:
+    #
+    #       \bSTRUCT_GROUP\(
+    #
+    # is similar to: STRUCT_GROUP\((.*)\)
+    # except that the content inside the match group is delimiter's aligned.
+    #
+    # The content inside parenthesis are converted into a single replace
+    # group (e.g. r`\1').
+    #
+    # It would be nice to change such definition to support multiple
+    # match groups, allowing a regex equivalent to.
+    #
+    #   FOO\((.*), (.*), (.*)\)
+    #
+    # it is probably easier to define it not as a regular expression, but
+    # with some lexical definition like:
+    #
+    #   FOO(arg1, arg2, arg3)
+
+    DELIMITER_PAIRS = {
+        '{': '}',
+        '(': ')',
+        '[': ']',
+    }
+
+    RE_DELIM = re.compile(r'[\{\}\[\]\(\)]')
+
+    def _search(self, regex, line):
+        """
+        Finds paired blocks for a regex that ends with a delimiter.
+
+        The suggestion of using finditer to match pairs came from:
+        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5454322/python-how-to-match-nested-parentheses-with-regex
+        but I ended using a different implementation to align all three types
+        of delimiters and seek for an initial regular expression.
+
+        The algorithm seeks for open/close paired delimiters and place them
+        into a stack, yielding a start/stop position of each match  when the
+        stack is zeroed.
+
+        The algorithm shoud work fine for properly paired lines, but will
+        silently ignore end delimiters that preceeds an start delimiter.
+        This should be OK for kernel-doc parser, as unaligned delimiters
+        would cause compilation errors. So, we don't need to rise exceptions
+        to cover such issues.
+        """
+
+        stack = []
+
+        for match_re in regex.finditer(line):
+            start = match_re.start()
+            offset = match_re.end()
+
+            d = line[offset - 1]
+            if d not in self.DELIMITER_PAIRS:
+                continue
+
+            end = self.DELIMITER_PAIRS[d]
+            stack.append(end)
+
+            for match in self.RE_DELIM.finditer(line[offset:]):
+                pos = match.start() + offset
+
+                d = line[pos]
+
+                if d in self.DELIMITER_PAIRS:
+                    end = self.DELIMITER_PAIRS[d]
+
+                    stack.append(end)
+                    continue
+
+                # Does the end delimiter match what it is expected?
+                if stack and d == stack[-1]:
+                    stack.pop()
+
+                    if not stack:
+                        yield start, offset, pos + 1
+                        break
+
+    def search(self, regex, line):
+        """
+        This is similar to re.search:
+
+        It matches a regex that it is followed by a delimiter,
+        returning occurrences only if all delimiters are paired.
+        """
+
+        for t in self._search(regex, line):
+
+            yield line[t[0]:t[2]]
+
+    def sub(self, regex, sub, line, count=0):
+        """
+        This is similar to re.sub:
+
+        It matches a regex that it is followed by a delimiter,
+        replacing occurrences only if all delimiters are paired.
+
+        if r'\1' is used, it works just like re: it places there the
+        matched paired data with the delimiter stripped.
+
+        If count is different than zero, it will replace at most count
+        items.
+        """
+        out = ""
+
+        cur_pos = 0
+        n = 0
+
+        for start, end, pos in self._search(regex, line):
+            out += line[cur_pos:start]
+
+            # Value, ignoring start/end delimiters
+            value = line[end:pos - 1]
+
+            # replaces \1 at the sub string, if \1 is used there
+            new_sub = sub
+            new_sub = new_sub.replace(r'\1', value)
+
+            out += new_sub
+
+            # Drop end ';' if any
+            if line[pos] == ';':
+                pos += 1
+
+            cur_pos = pos
+            n += 1
+
+            if count and count >= n:
+                break
+
+        # Append the remaining string
+        l = len(line)
+        out += line[cur_pos:l]
+
+        return out
diff --git a/scripts/minikconf.py b/scripts/minikconf.py
index 6f7f43b291..4de5aeed11 100644
--- a/scripts/minikconf.py
+++ b/scripts/minikconf.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class KconfigParser:
 
     @classmethod
     def parse(self, fp, mode=None):
-        data = KconfigData(mode or KconfigParser.defconfig)
+        data = KconfigData(mode or defconfig)
         parser = KconfigParser(data)
         parser.parse_file(fp)
         return data
@@ -363,7 +363,9 @@ class KconfigParser:
 
     def do_assignment(self, var, val):
         if not var.startswith("CONFIG_"):
-            raise Error('assigned variable should start with CONFIG_')
+            raise KconfigParserError(
+                self, "assigned variable should start with CONFIG_"
+            )
         var = self.data.do_var(var[7:])
         self.data.do_assignment(var, val)