Re: [PATCH 0/2] Improve the crypto library documentation
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Apr 17 2026 - 03:22:42 EST
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> While the crypto library already has a lot of kerneldoc, it's not being
> included in the HTML or PDF documentation. Update Documentation/crypto/
> to include it, and also add a high-level overview of the library.
>
> I'd like to take this series via the libcrypto tree for 7.1.
>
> Eric Biggers (2):
> docs: kdoc: Expand 'at_least' when creating parameter list
> lib/crypto: docs: Add rst documentation to Documentation/crypto/
>
> Documentation/crypto/index.rst | 2 +-
> .../crypto/libcrypto-blockcipher.rst | 19 ++
> Documentation/crypto/libcrypto-hash.rst | 86 +++++++++
> Documentation/crypto/libcrypto-signature.rst | 11 ++
> Documentation/crypto/libcrypto-utils.rst | 6 +
> Documentation/crypto/libcrypto.rst | 167 ++++++++++++++++++
> Documentation/crypto/sha3.rst | 2 +
> tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_parser.py | 5 +
> 8 files changed, 297 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
I think this is great - sorry about the snide comment on LWN, but this
will make this documentation much more accessible.
Thanks,
jon