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2 Including uAPI header files
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5 Sometimes, it is useful to include header files and C example codes in
6 order to describe the userspace API and to generate cross-references
7 between the code and the documentation. Adding cross-references for
8 userspace API files has an additional vantage: Sphinx will generate warnings
9 if a symbol is not found at the documentation. That helps to keep the
10 uAPI documentation in sync with the Kernel changes.
11 The :ref:`parse_headers.pl <parse_headers>` provide a way to generate such
12 cross-references. It has to be called via Makefile, while building the
13 documentation. Please see ``Documentation/media/Makefile`` for an example
14 about how to use it inside the Kernel tree.
25 parse_headers.pl - parse a C file, in order to identify functions, structs,
26 enums and defines and create cross-references to a Sphinx book.
33 \ **parse_headers.pl**\ [<options>] <C_FILE> <OUT_FILE> [<EXCEPTIONS_FILE>]
35 Where <options> can be: --debug, --help or --usage.
45 Put the script in verbose mode, useful for debugging.
51 Prints a brief help message and exits.
57 Prints a more detailed help message and exits.
64 Convert a C header or source file (C_FILE), into a ReStructured Text
65 included via ..parsed-literal block with cross-references for the
66 documentation files that describe the API. It accepts an optional
67 EXCEPTIONS_FILE with describes what elements will be either ignored or
68 be pointed to a non-default reference.
70 The output is written at the (OUT_FILE).
72 It is capable of identifying defines, functions, structs, typedefs,
73 enums and enum symbols and create cross-references for all of them.
74 It is also capable of distinguish #define used for specifying a Linux
77 The EXCEPTIONS_FILE contain two types of statements: \ **ignore**\ or \ **replace**\ .
79 The syntax for the ignore tag is:
82 ignore \ **type**\ \ **name**\
84 The \ **ignore**\ means that it won't generate cross references for a
85 \ **name**\ symbol of type \ **type**\ .
87 The syntax for the replace tag is:
90 replace \ **type**\ \ **name**\ \ **new_value**\
92 The \ **replace**\ means that it will generate cross references for a
93 \ **name**\ symbol of type \ **type**\ , but, instead of using the default
94 replacement rule, it will use \ **new_value**\ .
96 For both statements, \ **type**\ can be either one of the following:
101 The ignore or replace statement will apply to ioctl definitions like:
103 #define VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER _IOW('V', 79, struct v4l2_dbg_register)
109 The ignore or replace statement will apply to any other #define found
116 The ignore or replace statement will apply to typedef statements at C_FILE.
122 The ignore or replace statement will apply to the name of struct statements
129 The ignore or replace statement will apply to the name of enum statements
136 The ignore or replace statement will apply to the name of enum value
139 For replace statements, \ **new_value**\ will automatically use :c:type:
140 references for \ **typedef**\ , \ **enum**\ and \ **struct**\ types. It will use :ref:
141 for \ **ioctl**\ , \ **define**\ and \ **symbol**\ types. The type of reference can
142 also be explicitly defined at the replace statement.
150 ignore define _VIDEODEV2_H
153 Ignore a #define _VIDEODEV2_H at the C_FILE.
155 ignore symbol PRIVATE
160 enum foo { BAR1, BAR2, PRIVATE };
162 It won't generate cross-references for \ **PRIVATE**\ .
164 replace symbol BAR1 :c:type:\`foo\`
165 replace symbol BAR2 :c:type:\`foo\`
170 enum foo { BAR1, BAR2, PRIVATE };
172 It will make the BAR1 and BAR2 enum symbols to cross reference the foo
173 symbol at the C domain.
180 Report bugs to Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
187 Copyright (c) 2016 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>.
189 License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
191 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
192 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.