linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] docs: kernel-doc: Don't mangle literal code blocks in comments

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:53:06 +0100
From:   Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] docs: kernel-doc: Don't mangle literal code blocks in
 comments


> Am 07.02.2018 um 18:26 schrieb Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>:
> 
> It can be useful to put code snippets into kerneldoc comments; that can be
> done with the "::" operator at the end of a line like this::
> 
>  if (desperate)
>      run_in_circles();
> 
> kernel-doc currently fails to understand these literal blocks and applies
> its normal markup to them, which is then treated as literal by sphinx.  The
> result is unsightly markup instead of a useful code snippet.
> 
> Apply a hack to the output code to recognize literal blocks and avoid
> performing any special markup on them.  It's ugly, but that means it fits
> in well with the rest of the script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>


[...]

FYI; added similar patch to python version of kernel-doc:

 https://github.com/return42/linuxdoc/commit/3205b8a68

may you like to add regexpr for code-block directive to your patch (jani mentioned already).

-- Markus --