There's currently a bug with the way kernel-doc script counts line numbers that can be seen with:
$ ./scripts/kernel-doc -rst -enable-lineno include/linux/math64.h >all && ./scripts/kernel-doc -rst -internal -enable-lineno include/linux/math64.h >int && diff -U0 int all --- int 2020-09-28 12:58:08.927486808 +0200 +++ all 2020-09-28 12:58:08.905486845 +0200 @@ -1 +1 @@ -#define LINENO 27 +#define LINENO 26 @@ -3 +3 @@ -#define LINENO 16 +#define LINENO 15 @@ -9 +9 @@ -#define LINENO 17 +#define LINENO 16 ... This is happening with perl version 5.30.3, but I'm not so sure if this is a perl bug, or if this is due to something else. In any case, fixing it is easy. Basically, when "-internal" parameter is used, the process_export_file() function opens the handle "IN". This makes the line number to be incremented, as the handler for the main open is also "IN". Fix the problem by using a different handler for the main open(). While here, add a missing close for it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+hua...@kernel.org> --- scripts/kernel-doc | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc index e1140869b889..07b1073b0bc0 100755 --- a/scripts/kernel-doc +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc @@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ sub process_file($) { $file = map_filename($orig_file); - if (!open(IN,"<$file")) { + if (!open(IN_FILE,"<$file")) { print STDERR "Error: Cannot open file $file\n"; ++$errors; return; @@ -2270,9 +2270,9 @@ sub process_file($) { $. = 1; $section_counter = 0; - while (<IN>) { + while (<IN_FILE>) { while (s/\\\s*$//) { - $_ .= <IN>; + $_ .= <IN_FILE>; } # Replace tabs by spaces while ($_ =~ s/\t+/' ' x (length($&) * 8 - length($`) % 8)/e) {}; @@ -2304,6 +2304,7 @@ sub process_file($) { print STDERR "${file}:1: warning: no structured comments found\n"; } } + close IN_FILE; } -- 2.26.2