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

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Message-ID: <20191007072930.07b1e90a@lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 7 Oct 2019 07:29:30 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc:     Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        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

On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 10:12:42 +0200
Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org> wrote:

> 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.

I didn't see this thread before responding in the first, naturally...  

I think the core-api manual is probably as good a place as any for this.
Changing the name to something like symbol-namespaces.rst is probably a
good idea, since most people think of other things when they see
"namespaces".  Or perhaps that mythical Somebody could expand it into a
proper description of symbol exports in general...:)

Thanks,

jon