linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] Convert vfs.txt to vfs.rst

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Date:   Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:46:40 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] Convert vfs.txt to vfs.rst

On 3/12/19 9:09 PM, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This set converts the VFS overview documentation to RST format.  I think
> I'm slowly getting better at structuring these conversions to ease
> review, if you disagree or you notice any way to further improve please
> say so.

Hi Tobin,

What does this patch set apply to?  Maybe Jon's git tree?

I applied it to 5.1-rc1 with some forceful (minor) editing and ran
'make htmldocs' successfully, so

Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

although there is at least one new field in struct file_operations: iopoll.

cheers.

> Patch set introduces no new warnings/errors to the html docs build
> 
>       $ make htmldocs 2> ../docs-pre-vfs.stderr	
> 
> Apply patch set
> 
>       $ make cleandocs
>       $ make htmldocs 2> ../docs-post-vfs.stderr
>       $ diff ../docs-pre-vfs.stderr ../docs-post-vfs.stderr
> 
> 
> Patch 1-4 - Whitespace fixes.
> Patch 5 - Adds the document title adornments (above and below)
> Patch 6 - Adds a SPDX license identifier
> Patch 7 - Fixes some custom indentation at the top of the file that will
>     	  cause Sphinx to warn when we switch to .rst
> Patch 8 - Converts custom list format to use RST formatted lists, this
>           is in preparation for switching to .rst 
> Patch 9 - Adds '.. code-block:: c' and fixes indentation of code
> 	  blocks.  We rename the file to .rst in this patch (introducing
> 	  some new warnings).
> Patch 10 - Adds back ticks to all the list items.  This is in
> 	   preparation for fixing the indentation in the next patch.
> 	   This was found to help when reading both plain text and HTML.
> Patch 11 - Cleans up the lists, indentation and missing periods.  This
> 	   was kept separate to assist review.  This patch is benign,
> 	   the less meticulous reviewer could safely skip over this one
> 	   quickly (this was the intention of separating these changes).
> Patch 12 - Fixes a few minor grammar mistakes I notice while reading the
> 	   file, I'm taking bonus points for actually reading every word
> 	   of the file and not just trying to haphazardly do the
> 	   conversion like I have previously done :)
> Patch 13 - Fixes two remaining Sphinx warnings.
> 
> If/when this goes in perhaps I, or someone else, will update the content
> to document a newer kernel version.
> 
> 
> thanks,
> Tobin.
> 
> 
> Tobin C. Harding (13):
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Remove space before tab
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use uniform space after period.
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use 72 character column width
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use uniform spacing around headings
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use correct initial heading
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use SPDX identifier
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Fix pre-amble indentation
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use list character for lists
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Add code-block and txt->RST
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use ticks for listed items
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Clean up lists
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Do minor grammar fixes
>   docs: filesystems: vfs: Use backticks to guard star
> 
>  Documentation/filesystems/index.rst |    1 +
>  Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst   | 1279 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt   | 1261 --------------------------
>  3 files changed, 1280 insertions(+), 1261 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
> 


-- 
~Randy