[PATCH] kernel-doc: don't use XML escapes in text or man output mode
For kernel-doc output modes of text and man, do not use XML escapes for
less-than, greater-than, and ampersand characters. I.e., leave the text
and man output clean and readable.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 351def5c..8bf1e54 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1674,6 +1674,9 @@
# replace <, >, and &
sub xml_escape($) {
my $text = shift;
+ if (($output_mode eq "text") || ($output_mode eq "man")) {
+ return $text;
+ }
$text =~ s/\&/\\\\\\amp;/g;
$text =~ s/\</\\\\\\lt;/g;
$text =~ s/\>/\\\\\\gt;/g;