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Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 05:55:24 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Phong Tran <tranmanphong@...il.com>
Cc:     madhuparnabhowmik04@...il.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        corbet@....net, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] Documentation: RCU: NMI-RCU:
 Converted NMI-RCU.txt to NMI-RCU.rst.

On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 08:40:05PM +0700, Phong Tran wrote:
> On 10/29/19 4:42 AM, madhuparnabhowmik04@...il.com wrote:
> > From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@...il.com>
> > 
> > This patch converts NMI-RCU from txt to rst format.
> > Also adds NMI-RCU in the index.rst file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@...il.com>
> > -- >   .../RCU/{NMI-RCU.txt => NMI-RCU.rst}          | 53 ++++++++++---------
> >   Documentation/RCU/index.rst                   |  1 +
> >   2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> >   rename Documentation/RCU/{NMI-RCU.txt => NMI-RCU.rst} (73%)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.rst
> > similarity index 73%
> > rename from Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
> > rename to Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.rst
> > index 881353fd5bff..da5861f6a433 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.rst
> > @@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
> > +.. _NMI_rcu_doc:
> > +
> >   Using RCU to Protect Dynamic NMI Handlers
> > +=========================================
> >   Although RCU is usually used to protect read-mostly data structures,
> > @@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ work in "arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c" and in
> >   "arch/x86/kernel/traps.c".
> >   The relevant pieces of code are listed below, each followed by a
> > -brief explanation.
> > +brief explanation.::
> there is just a minor ":" redundant in html page.There are some same in this
> patch.
> eg:
>  brief explanation.:
> 
> Other things look good to me.
> 
> Tested-by: Phong Tran <tranmanphong@...il.com>

Thank you, Phong!

I queued a commit to be squashed into Madhuparna's original as shown below
which adds your Tested-by and attempts a fix.  Does this work for you?

							Thanx, Paul

------------------------------------------------------------------------

commit 2c29f1c481f74f5e5aaaab195042f4df6a0b8119
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 5 05:51:12 2019 -0800

    squash! Documentation: RCU: NMI-RCU: Converted NMI-RCU.txt to NMI-RCU.rst.
    
    [ paulmck: Apply feedback from Phong Tran. ]
    Tested-by: Phong Tran <tranmanphong@...il.com>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.rst b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.rst
index da5861f..1809583 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ work in "arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c" and in
 "arch/x86/kernel/traps.c".
 
 The relevant pieces of code are listed below, each followed by a
-brief explanation.::
+brief explanation::
 
 	static int dummy_nmi_callback(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu)
 	{
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ brief explanation.::
 
 The dummy_nmi_callback() function is a "dummy" NMI handler that does
 nothing, but returns zero, thus saying that it did nothing, allowing
-the NMI handler to take the default machine-specific action.::
+the NMI handler to take the default machine-specific action::
 
 	static nmi_callback_t nmi_callback = dummy_nmi_callback;
 
 This nmi_callback variable is a global function pointer to the current
-NMI handler.::
+NMI handler::
 
 	void do_nmi(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
 	{
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Quick Quiz:
 
 :ref:`Answer to Quick Quiz <answer_quick_quiz_NMI>`
 
-Back to the discussion of NMI and RCU...::
+Back to the discussion of NMI and RCU::
 
 	void set_nmi_callback(nmi_callback_t callback)
 	{