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SubjectRe: [PATCH 09/17] rcu: update.c: get rid of some doc warnings
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 03:54:18PM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> We need to escape *ret, as otherwise the documentation system
> thinks that this is an incomplete emphasis block:
>
> ./kernel/rcu/update.c:65: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
> ./kernel/rcu/update.c:65: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
> ./kernel/rcu/update.c:70: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
> ./kernel/rcu/update.c:82: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

Applied, thank you!

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> kernel/rcu/update.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> index b1fa519e5890..16058a5e6da4 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> @@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ module_param(rcu_normal_after_boot, int, 0);
> * rcu_read_lock_held_common() - might we be in RCU-sched read-side critical section?
> * @ret: Best guess answer if lockdep cannot be relied on
> *
> - * Returns true if lockdep must be ignored, in which case *ret contains
> + * Returns true if lockdep must be ignored, in which case ``*ret`` contains
> * the best guess described below. Otherwise returns false, in which
> - * case *ret tells the caller nothing and the caller should instead
> + * case ``*ret`` tells the caller nothing and the caller should instead
> * consult lockdep.
> *
> - * If CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is selected, set *ret to nonzero iff in an
> + * If CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is selected, set ``*ret`` to nonzero iff in an
> * RCU-sched read-side critical section. In absence of
> * CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC, this assumes we are in an RCU-sched read-side
> * critical section unless it can prove otherwise. Note that disabling
> @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module_param(rcu_normal_after_boot, int, 0);
> *
> * Note that if the CPU is in the idle loop from an RCU point of view (ie:
> * that we are in the section between rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit())
> - * then rcu_read_lock_held() sets *ret to false even if the CPU did an
> + * then rcu_read_lock_held() sets ``*ret`` to false even if the CPU did an
> * rcu_read_lock(). The reason for this is that RCU ignores CPUs that are
> * in such a section, considering these as in extended quiescent state,
> * so such a CPU is effectively never in an RCU read-side critical section
> --
> 2.24.1
>

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