[PATCH] delaytop: fix a bunch of docs build problems

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 20:54:54 EST


Add one space before '('.
Use a literal block for the last output example,
thus repairing all of these warnings:

Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:236: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:237: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:237: ERROR: Unexpected section title or transition.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:239: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:243: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:244: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:246: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:247: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:249: WARNING: Definition list ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst:246: ERROR: Unknown target name: "pool_workqueue". [docutils]


Fixes: 2b0b6072b11e ("delaytop: sort by max delay to highlight top latency processes")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Wang Yaxin <wang.yaxin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fan Yu <fan.yu9@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- linext-2026-0708.orig/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst
+++ linext-2026-0708/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Interactive keyboard controls during run
M - Toggle display mode (Default/Memory Verbose)
q - Quit

-Available sort fields(use -s/--sort or interactive command)::
+Available sort fields (use -s/--sort or interactive command)::

cpu(c) - CPU delay
blkio(i) - I/O delay
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ Advanced usage examples::



-delaytop add delay_max fields to track the maximum delay value for each delay type
-(cpu, blkio, irq, swapin, freepages, thrashing, compact, wpcopy) per task.
+delaytop add delay_max fields to track the maximum delay value for each delay
+ type (cpu, blkio, irq, swapin, freepages, thrashing, compact, wpcopy) per task::

bash# ./delaytop -t cpu
System Pressure Information: (avg10/avg60/avg300/total)