Re: [PATCH] documentation: core-api: rearrange a few kernel-api chapters and sections

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Apr 27 2018 - 19:17:21 EST


On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:11:02 -0700
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Rearrange some kernel-api chapters and sections to group them
> together better.
>
> - move Bit Operations from Basic C Library Functions to Basic
> Kernel Library Functions (now adjacent to Bitmap Operations since
> they are not typical C library functions)
>
> - move Sorting from Math Functions to Basic Kernel Library Functions
> since sort functions are more Basic than Math Functions
>
> - move Text Searching from Math Functions to Basic Kernel Library
> Functions (keep Sorting and Searching close to each other)
>
> - combine CRC and Math functions together into the (newly named)
> CRC and Math Functions chapter

The changes look good. But ... grr... some of the stuff you are moving
around was introduced in -rc2 via the networking tree. That kind of thing
makes life harder than it needs to be. I've sorted it out and applied the
patch, thanks.

jon