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Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 06:05:35 -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 09:02:46PM +0700, Phong Tran wrote:
> On 11/5/19 8:55 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Yes, Paul.

Very good, thank you!

							Thanx, Paul

> Regards,
> Phong.
> 
> > 							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)
> >   	{
> >