linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 53/53] kernel-doc: describe the ``literal`` syntax

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Date:   Tue, 16 May 2017 15:12:00 -0300
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
To:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marIT.de>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: [PATCH v2 53/53] kernel-doc: describe the ``literal`` syntax

changeset b97f193abf83 ("scripts/kernel-doc: fix parser
for apostrophes") added support for ``literal`` inside
kernel-doc, in order to allow using the "%" symbol inside
a literal block, as this is used at printk() description.

Document it.

Fixes: b97f193abf83 ("scripts/kernel-doc: fix parser for apostrophes")
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
---
 Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
index b32e4813ff6f..b24854b5d6be 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ Domain`_ references.
 ``%CONST``
   Name of a constant. (No cross-referencing, just formatting.)
 
+````literal````
+  A literal block that should be handled as-is. The output will use a
+  ``monospaced font``.
+
+  Useful if you need to use special characters that would otherwise have some
+  meaning either by kernel-doc script of by reStructuredText.
+
+  This is particularly useful if you need to use things like ``%ph`` inside
+  a function description.
+
 ``$ENVVAR``
   Name of an environment variable. (No cross-referencing, just formatting.)
 
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