linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] docs: Remove unnecessary reference link title

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Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:21:36 +1000
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] docs: Remove unnecessary reference link title

On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 03:20:30PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Tue,  9 Apr 2019 10:43:58 +1000
> "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Labels that precede a heading use the heading as the link title.
> > Explicitly adding the link title is redundant and  makes the reference
> > slightly less maintainable.
> > 
> > Remove unnecessary reference link title.
> 
> So I agree with the objective, but...
> 
> > -	As mentioned above in :ref:`VMA policies <vma_policy>` section,
> > +	As mentioned above in :ref:`vma_policy` section,
> 
> ...this one generates a warning that highlights a flaw in the reasoning
> here:
> 
> 	Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst:144: WARNING:
> 	undefined label: vma-policy (if the link has no caption the label
> 	must precede a section header)
> 
> Said label does not precede a section header, so it can't be used bare in
> this way.

That's weird, I did a clean build before and after applying the set and
diffed the stderr outputs, I wonder how I missed this.

> I'll apply the other three, but this one needs some repairs :)

thanks,
Tobin.