Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] docs/core-api: memory-allocation: remove uses of c:func:

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Oct 24 2019 - 14:02:30 EST


On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:14:37 +1300
Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> These are no longer needed as the documentation build will automatically
> add the cross references.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> It should be noted that kvmalloc() and kmem_cache_destroy() lack a
> kerneldoc header, a side-effect of this change is that the :c:func:
> fallback of making them bold is lost. This is probably best fixed by
> adding a kerneldoc header to their source.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - new
>
> Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 49 +++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

So I can't get this patch to apply, and I can't even figure out why. If
you take the patch from the list, can you apply it to a docs-next (or
mainline) branch?

Thanks,

jon