Commit 0bba924c authored by Jonathan Corbet's avatar Jonathan Corbet
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docs: kernel-doc: Get rid of xml_escape() and friends



XML escaping is a worry that came with DocBook, which we no longer have any
dealings with.  So get rid of the useless xml_escape()/xml_unescape()
functions.  No change to the generated output.

Reviewed-by: default avatarJani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 35277995
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@@ -553,10 +553,9 @@ sub output_highlight {
	}
	if ($line eq ""){
	    if (! $output_preformatted) {
		print $lineprefix, local_unescape($blankline);
		print $lineprefix, $blankline;
	    }
	} else {
	    $line =~ s/\\\\\\/\&/g;
	    if ($output_mode eq "man" && substr($line, 0, 1) eq ".") {
		print "\\&$line";
	    } else {
@@ -751,9 +750,6 @@ sub output_highlight_rst {
    my $contents = join "\n",@_;
    my $line;

    # undo the evil effects of xml_escape() earlier
    $contents = xml_unescape($contents);

    eval $dohighlight;
    die $@ if $@;

@@ -1422,8 +1418,6 @@ sub push_parameter($$$$) {
		}
	}

	$param = xml_escape($param);

	# strip spaces from $param so that it is one continuous string
	# on @parameterlist;
	# this fixes a problem where check_sections() cannot find
@@ -1748,47 +1742,6 @@ sub process_proto_type($$) {
    }
}

# xml_escape: replace <, >, and & in the text stream;
#
# however, formatting controls that are generated internally/locally in the
# kernel-doc script are not escaped here; instead, they begin life like
# $blankline_html (4 of '\' followed by a mnemonic + ':'), then these strings
# are converted to their mnemonic-expected output, without the 4 * '\' & ':',
# just before actual output; (this is done by local_unescape())
sub xml_escape($) {
	my $text = shift;
	if ($output_mode eq "man") {
		return $text;
	}
	$text =~ s/\&/\\\\\\amp;/g;
	$text =~ s/\</\\\\\\lt;/g;
	$text =~ s/\>/\\\\\\gt;/g;
	return $text;
}

# xml_unescape: reverse the effects of xml_escape
sub xml_unescape($) {
	my $text = shift;
	if ($output_mode eq "man") {
		return $text;
	}
	$text =~ s/\\\\\\amp;/\&/g;
	$text =~ s/\\\\\\lt;/</g;
	$text =~ s/\\\\\\gt;/>/g;
	return $text;
}

# convert local escape strings to html
# local escape strings look like:  '\\\\menmonic:' (that's 4 backslashes)
sub local_unescape($) {
	my $text = shift;
	if ($output_mode eq "man") {
		return $text;
	}
	$text =~ s/\\\\\\\\lt:/</g;
	$text =~ s/\\\\\\\\gt:/>/g;
	return $text;
}

sub map_filename($) {
    my $file;
@@ -1889,7 +1842,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
		    $descr =~ s/^\s*//;
		    $descr =~ s/\s*$//;
		    $descr =~ s/\s+/ /g;
		    $declaration_purpose = xml_escape($descr);
		    $declaration_purpose = $descr;
		    $in_purpose = 1;
		} else {
		    $declaration_purpose = "";
@@ -1944,7 +1897,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
			print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: contents before sections\n";
			++$warnings;
		    }
		    dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
		    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
		    $section = $section_default;
		}

@@ -1962,7 +1915,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
		$leading_space = undef;
	    } elsif (/$doc_end/) {
		if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
		    dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
		    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
		    $section = $section_default;
		    $contents = "";
		}
@@ -1981,7 +1934,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
		# @parameter line to signify start of description
		if ($1 eq "") {
		    if ($section =~ m/^@/ || $section eq $section_context) {
			dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
			dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
			$section = $section_default;
			$contents = "";
                        $new_start_line = $.;
@@ -1992,7 +1945,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
		} elsif ($in_purpose == 1) {
		    # Continued declaration purpose
		    chomp($declaration_purpose);
		    $declaration_purpose .= " " . xml_escape($1);
		    $declaration_purpose .= " " . $1;
		    $declaration_purpose =~ s/\s+/ /g;
		} else {
		    my $cont = $1;
@@ -2030,7 +1983,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
	    # Documentation block end */
	    } elsif (/$doc_inline_end/) {
		if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
		    dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
		    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
		    $section = $section_default;
		    $contents = "";
		}
@@ -2057,7 +2010,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
		$contents = $2;
		if ($contents ne "") {
		    $contents .= "\n";
		    dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
		    dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
		    $section = $section_default;
		    $contents = "";
		}
@@ -2072,7 +2025,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
	} elsif ($state == STATE_DOCBLOCK) {
		if (/$doc_end/)
		{
			dump_doc_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
			dump_doc_section($file, $section, $contents);
			$section = $section_default;
			$contents = "";
			$function = "";