linux-kernel - Re: docbook: fix fatal error in linux/input.h

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20101026140726.009a254b.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:07:26 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: docbook: fix fatal error in linux/input.h

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:59:57 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:15:10 -0200 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> 
> > Em 26-10-2010 17:17, Randy Dunlap escreveu:
> > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:01 -0200 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Em 26-10-2010 16:45, Randy Dunlap escreveu:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> Recent commit 8613e4c2872a87cc309a42de2c7091744dc54d0e:
> > >>> Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
> > >>> Date:   Thu Sep 9 21:54:22 2010 -0700
> > >>>     Input: add support for large scancodes
> > >>>
> > >>> causes a fatal error in docbook generation:
> > >>>
> > >>> linux-2.6.36-git8/DOC1/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.xml:40690: parser error : StartTag: invalid element name
> > >>> #define INPUT_KEYMAP_BY_INDEX	(1 << 0)
> > >>>                              	    ^
> > >>>
> > >>> I think that this message comes from xsltproc, but I'm not positive about that.
> > >>> I also don't know of a really good fix for it.  However, I did find 2 ways to
> > >>> work around the error:
> > >>>
> > >>> a/ move the #define value to after the end of the struct input_keymap_entry, like:
> > >>>
> > >>> /* flags bits: */
> > >>> #define INPUT_KEYMAP_BY_INDEX	(1 << 0)
> > >>>
> > >>> or
> > >>> b/ don't use the "<< 0" (can leave the #define where it is in this case):
> > >>> #define INPUT_KEYMAP_BY_INDEX	(1)
> > >>>
> > >>> I have tested both of these patches and they work OK.
> > >>> Are you OK with either of them?  or want to choose one?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hmm... probably, the first one is not correct.
> > > 
> > > Why not?  All it does is move the line to after the end of the struct.
> > > 
> > >> I suspect that the right way is to use something like:
> > >>
> > >> 	#define INPUT_KEYMAP_BY_INDEX	(1 &lt;&lt; 0)
> > >>
> > >> Could you please test if this would fix the issue?
> > > 
> > > You are suggesting putting that into include/linux/input.h ??
> > > 
> > > That would make sense if some tool converted "<<" to "&lt;&lt;".
> > > And that may be where the problem is, but I don't know those tools.
> > 
> > 
> > Hmm... such rule is already at DocBook/Makefile:
> > 
> > %.xml: %.c
> >         @$($(quiet)gen_xml)
> >         @(                            \
> > 	   echo "<programlisting>";   \
> >            expand --tabs=8 < $< |     \
> >            sed -e "s/&/\\&amp;/g"     \
> >                -e "s/</\\&lt;/g"      \
> >                -e "s/>/\\&gt;/g";     \
> >            echo "</programlisting>")  > $@
> > 
> > Not sure why this didn't work. It should have replaced the < from the c file.
> > Maybe some patch broke Makefile?
> 
> Maybe that rule needs to apply to .h files also.
> 
> Would
> 
> %.xml: %.[hc]
> 
> work?

Doesn't work like that or as a separate rule for
%.xml: %.h

The gen_xml rule isn't firing at all AFAICT.

---
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/