Auto merge of #28932 - barosl:empty-comment, r=alexcrichton

Previously, `/**/` was incorrectly regarded as a doc comment because it starts with `/**` and ends with `*/`. However, this caused an ICE because some code assumed that the length of a doc comment is at least 5. This commit adds an additional check to `is_block_doc_comment` that tests the length of the input.

Fixes #28844.

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diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/empty-comment.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/empty-comment.rs
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+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// `/**/` was previously regarded as a doc comment because it starts with `/**` and ends with `*/`.
+// This could break some internal logic that assumes the length of a doc comment is at least 5,
+// leading to an ICE.
+
+fn main() {
+    println!(/**/); //~ ERROR unexpected end
+}