Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Wed Nov 26 2025 - 16:40:53 EST




On 11/26/25 1:39 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 11:37:40PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 01:33:13PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On 11/26/25 1:24 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 01:18:29PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>>> On 11/26/25 12:59 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>>>>> -The header file include/linux/kernel.h contains a number of macros that
>>>>>> +There many header files in include/linux/ that contain a number of macros that
>>>>>
>>>>> There are many
>>>>>
>>>>>> you should use, rather than explicitly coding some variant of them yourself.
>>>>>> For example, if you need to calculate the length of an array, take advantage
>>>>>> of the macro
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise LGTM. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Can you also test it? I hope it will be not so broken (as some of the files
>>>> seems never were before in the generated docs).
>>>
>>> It's not completely happy:
>>
>> A-ha, thanks for trying!
>>
>>> linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:125: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. [docutils]
>>> linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:123: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string. [docutils]
>>> linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:126: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
>>> linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:130: WARNING: Definition list ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
>>
>>
>> I will look at it tomorrow, but can you remove this (or even fix) and check the
>> rest meanwhile?
>
> At glance seems like colon is missing, should be :: instead of : in near lines.
>

Yes, that's what I sent earlier :)

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~Randy