linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h

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Message-ID: <aSdzo8aOns_3oPQA@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:39:47 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of
 kernel.h

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 11:37:40PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 01:33:13PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On 11/26/25 1:24 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 01:18:29PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > >> On 11/26/25 12:59 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> > >>> -The header file include/linux/kernel.h contains a number of macros that
> > >>> +There many header files in include/linux/ that contain a number of macros that
> > >>
> > >>    There are many
> > >>
> > >>>  you should use, rather than explicitly coding some variant of them yourself.
> > >>>  For example, if you need to calculate the length of an array, take advantage
> > >>>  of the macro
> > >>
> > >> Otherwise LGTM. Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Can you also test it? I hope it will be not so broken (as some of the files
> > > seems never were before in the generated docs).
> > 
> > It's not completely happy:
> 
> A-ha, thanks for trying!
> 
> > linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:125: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. [docutils]
> > linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:123: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string. [docutils]
> > linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:126: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
> > linux-next-20251126/Documentation/driver-api/basics:130: ../include/linux/util_macros.h:130: WARNING: Definition list ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. [docutils]
> 
> 
> I will look at it tomorrow, but can you remove this (or even fix) and check the
> rest meanwhile?

At glance seems like colon is missing, should be :: instead of : in near lines.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko