[PATCH] docs: ioctl-decoding: use a list for bit meanings
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 17:15:33 EST
Make a list of the bits 31-30 meanings so that they don't all
run together in the rendered output.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.rst | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- linext-2026-1007.orig/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.rst
+++ linext-2026-1007/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.rst
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ uses 3 bits to encode read/write and 13
====== ==================================
bits meaning
====== ==================================
- 31-30 00 - no parameters: uses _IO macro
- 10 - read: _IOR
- 01 - write: _IOW
- 11 - read/write: _IOWR
+ 31-30 * 00 - no parameters: uses _IO macro
+ * 10 - read: _IOR
+ * 01 - write: _IOW
+ * 11 - read/write: _IOWR
29-16 size of arguments