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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdnCGoRHxgoV+qZNZQx04jwcttckCoxTpFKp9C=jRHw5+w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:36:28 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: Improve formatting of commands,
 variables, and arguments

On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 4:14 PM Nathan Chancellor
<natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
>
> While reviewing a separate patch, I noticed that the formatting of the
> commands, variables, and arguments was not in a monospaced font like the
> rest of the Kbuild documentation (see kbuild/kconfig.rst for an
> example). This is due to a lack of "::" before indented command blocks
> and single backticks instead of double backticks for inline formatting.
>
> Add those so that the document looks nicer in an HTML format, while not
> ruining the look in plain text.
>
> As a result of this, we can remove the escaped backslashes in the last
> code block and move them to single backslashes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>

Ah, yeah, I saw that. Thanks for the fix!
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> index 2aac50b97921..334df758dce3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ supports C and the GNU C extensions required by the kernel, and is pronounced
>  Clang
>  -----
>
> -The compiler used can be swapped out via `CC=` command line argument to `make`.
> -`CC=` should be set when selecting a config and during a build.
> +The compiler used can be swapped out via ``CC=`` command line argument to ``make``.
> +``CC=`` should be set when selecting a config and during a build. ::
>
>         make CC=clang defconfig
>
> @@ -34,33 +34,33 @@ Cross Compiling
>  ---------------
>
>  A single Clang compiler binary will typically contain all supported backends,
> -which can help simplify cross compiling.
> +which can help simplify cross compiling. ::
>
>         ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make CC=clang
>
> -`CROSS_COMPILE` is not used to prefix the Clang compiler binary, instead
> -`CROSS_COMPILE` is used to set a command line flag: `--target <triple>`. For
> -example:
> +``CROSS_COMPILE`` is not used to prefix the Clang compiler binary, instead
> +``CROSS_COMPILE`` is used to set a command line flag: ``--target <triple>``. For
> +example: ::
>
>         clang --target aarch64-linux-gnu foo.c
>
>  LLVM Utilities
>  --------------
>
> -LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. Kbuild supports `LLVM=1`
> -to enable them.
> +LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. Kbuild supports ``LLVM=1``
> +to enable them. ::
>
>         make LLVM=1
>
> -They can be enabled individually. The full list of the parameters:
> +They can be enabled individually. The full list of the parameters: ::
>
> -       make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
> -         OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \\
> -         READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\
> +       make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \
> +         OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \
> +         READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \
>           HOSTLD=ld.lld
>
>  Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass
> -`LLVM_IAS=1` to enable it.
> +``LLVM_IAS=1`` to enable it.
>
>  Getting Help
>  ------------
>
> base-commit: abb3438d69fb6dd5baa4ae23eafbf5b87945eff1
> --
> 2.28.0
>
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-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers