Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] docs: move asm-annotations.rst into core-api

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Fri Sep 23 2022 - 03:46:51 EST


On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 02:41:36PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> @@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ annotated objects like this, tools can be run on them to generate more useful
> information. In particular, on properly annotated objects, ``objtool`` can be
> run to check and fix the object if needed. Currently, ``objtool`` can report
> missing frame pointer setup/destruction in functions. It can also
> -automatically generate annotations for :doc:`ORC unwinder <x86/orc-unwinder>`
> +automatically generate annotations for the ORC unwinder
> +(Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst)
> for most code. Both of these are especially important to support reliable
> -stack traces which are in turn necessary for :doc:`Kernel live patching
> -<livepatch/livepatch>`.
> +stack traces which are in turn necessary for kernel live patching
> +(Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst).

Hi jon,

I think Sphinx internal references are better fit for these links:

---- >8 ----

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst b/Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst
index bc514ed598870c..d3071f131dad73 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ annotated objects like this, tools can be run on them to generate more useful
information. In particular, on properly annotated objects, ``objtool`` can be
run to check and fix the object if needed. Currently, ``objtool`` can report
missing frame pointer setup/destruction in functions. It can also
-automatically generate annotations for the ORC unwinder
-(Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst)
+automatically generate annotations for the :ref:`ORC unwinder <orc-unwinder>`
for most code. Both of these are especially important to support reliable
-stack traces which are in turn necessary for kernel live patching
-(Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst).
+stack traces which are in turn necessary for :ref:`kernel live patching
+<kernel-livepatch>`.

Caveat and Discussion
---------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst
index 68e3651e8af925..ebb8b05a9b0d3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _kernel-livepatch:
+
=========
Livepatch
=========
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst b/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst
index cdb257015bd9e8..b26368c3892d3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

+.. _orc-unwinder:
+
============
ORC unwinder
============

Thanks.

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