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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-06-28 09:02:55 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-06-28 09:02:55 -0600
commit8abc2a12c83b42cba6e7ac38cf6178585ae1783e (patch)
tree50fcf5a0ac277d98d22d67aaeb243d9e85c90bc6 /Documentation/doc-guide
parent49872a1cfceae38a98ee690e6c860d1cf628364e (diff)
parentd9d7c0c497b8e2ffd9fe26cc96a49ed2d69d8b75 (diff)
Merge branch 'automarkup' into docs-next
Bring in (finally) automatic markup of function() so we need not load up our docs with ugly c:func: annotations.
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@@ -241,11 +241,14 @@ The C domain of the kernel-doc has some additional features. E.g. you can
The func-name (e.g. ioctl) remains in the output but the ref-name changed from
``ioctl`` to ``VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS``. The index entry for this function is also
-changed to ``VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS`` and the function can now referenced by:
-
-.. code-block:: rst
-
- :c:func:`VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS`
+changed to ``VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS``.
+
+Please note that there is no need to use ``c:func:`` to generate cross
+references to function documentation. Due to some Sphinx extension magic,
+the documentation build system will automatically turn a reference to
+``function()`` into a cross reference if an index entry for the given
+function name exists. If you see ``c:func:`` use in a kernel document,
+please feel free to remove it.
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