linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: remove :c:func: from genericirq.rst

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Date:   Fri, 4 Oct 2019 12:07:23 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: remove :c:func: from genericirq.rst

On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 10:39:54AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>  To make the transition to the new model easier and prevent the breakage
> -of existing implementations, the :c:func:`__do_IRQ` super-handler is still
> +of existing implementations, the __do_IRQ() super-handler is still
>  available. This leads to a kind of duality for the time being. Over time
>  the new model should be used in more and more architectures, as it
>  enables smaller and cleaner IRQ subsystems. It's deprecated for three

...

> @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ handler(s) to use these basic units of low-level functionality.
>  __do_IRQ entry point
>  ====================
>  
> -The original implementation :c:func:`__do_IRQ` was an alternative entry point
> +The original implementation __do_IRQ() was an alternative entry point
>  for all types of interrupts. It no longer exists.

I think someone needs to rationalise these two paragraphs ;-)

__do_IRQ indeed no longer exists (since 2011).  It should probably be
removed from the documentation too.