On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:04:12AM +0000, Tudor Ambarus wrote: > The `__counted_by_ptr` macro was recently introduced [1] to extend > bounds checking semantics to standard dynamically allocated pointers. > > However, the new Python implementation of kernel-doc does not currently > recognize it as a compiler attribute. When kernel-doc encounters a > struct member annotated with this macro, it fails to parse the variable > name correctly, resulting in false-positive warnings like: > > Warning: ... struct member '__counted_by_ptr(cmdcnt' not described > > Add `__counted_by_ptr` to the `struct_xforms` regex list so it gets > safely stripped out during the parsing phase, mirroring the existing > behavior for `__counted_by`. Update the corresponding unit tests. > > Link: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/150a04d817d8 [1] > Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> -- Kees Cook
