linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: move namespaces.rst out of kbuild directory

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Date:   Mon, 7 Oct 2019 10:12:42 +0200
From:   Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
To:     Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Adam Zerella <adam.zerella@...il.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: move namespaces.rst out of kbuild directory

+++ Matthias Maennich [07/10/19 07:06 +0100]:
>Hi!
>
>On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:36:11PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>I did not notice this document was added to Documentation/kbuild/,
>>and I do not understand how it is related to the build system.
>>
>>Kick it out of the kbuild directory.
>>
>>I am not sure if this is the perfect place, but I added its index
>>close to the module-signing.
>
>When searching for a place for this documentation, kbuild/ was the
>closest I could find. admin-guide/ seems to target system administrators
>while the symbol namespace feature documentation is relevant for kernel
>developers. I am ok to take maintainership for the file, but the new
>location suggested seems not to be a good fit either.

This was my line of thought as well, since the audience of
admin-guide/ is sysadmins and users. Namespaces are mostly relevant to
module authors and kernel developers. Currently, I don't think there
is an existing good place in Documentation/ for this topic :-/
I suppose kernel-hacking/ might be the closest fit, as Adam suggested.

Thanks,

Jessica