Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the ftrace tree

From: Kalesh Singh
Date: Thu Oct 28 2021 - 17:30:05 EST


On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 2:10 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Steven,
>
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:16:46 -0400 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:23:45 +1100
> > Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > After merging the ftrace tree, today's linux-next build (htmldocs)
> > > produced this warning:
> > >
> > > Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:1766: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
> >
> > I have no idea what that means.
>
> I assume you need to quote (with '\') the '*' on line 1767 (?).

Hi Stephen,

I also found the problem to be '*' character. I posted a fix at:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211028170548.2597449-1-kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks,
Kalesh

>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell