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: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index fee8952..5aa4ce2 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -553,10 +553,9 @@
}
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 @@
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 @@
}
}
- $param = xml_escape($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 @@
}
}
-# 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 @@
$descr =~ s/^\s*//;
$descr =~ s/\s*$//;
$descr =~ s/\s+/ /g;
- $declaration_purpose = xml_escape($descr);
+ $declaration_purpose = $descr;
$in_purpose = 1;
} else {
$declaration_purpose = "";
@@ -1944,7 +1897,7 @@
print STDERR "${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 @@
$leading_space = undef;
} elsif (/$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 @@
# @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 = $.;
@@ -1992,7 +1945,7 @@
} elsif ($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 = $1;
@@ -2030,7 +1983,7 @@
# Documentation block end */
} elsif (/$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 @@
$contents = $2;
if ($contents ne "") {
$contents .= "\n";
- dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
+ dump_section($file, $section, $contents);
$section = $section_default;
$contents = "";
}
@@ -2072,7 +2025,7 @@
} elsif ($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 = "";