Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide

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On 8/21/21, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Recently, the content and examples of the book "The Linux Kernel Module
>> Programming Guide" are being actively maintained and added on Github[1].
>> Currently, the book is being regularly built into webpage and pdf
>> file using Github static page[2].
>>
>> [1]: https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg
>> [2]: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 14 ++++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
>> b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
>> index 22d9ace5df2a..dd911cf09b55 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
>> @@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ On-line docs
>>          describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating
>> with
>>          Card Services.
>>
>> -    * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
>> +    * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
>>
>> -      :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
>> -      :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
>> -      :Date: 2001
>> +      :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob
>> Mottram,
>> +      Jim Huang.
>> +      :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
>> +      :Date: 2021
>>        :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
>>          interrupt handlers .
>> -      :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
>> -        programming. Lots of examples.
>> +      :Description: A very nice GPL book on the topic of modules
>> +        programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is
>> being
>> +        actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
>
> I have applied this, thanks.
>
> That said, this change introduced a set of build warnings:
>
>     Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst:132: WARNING: Field list ends
> without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
>     Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst:136: WARNING: Unexpected
> indentation.
>     Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst:137: WARNING: Block quote ends
> without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
>
> To fix that, I had to do this:
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> index dd911cf09b55..da9527502ef0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ On-line docs
>      * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
>
>        :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob
> Mottram,
> -      Jim Huang.
> +        Jim Huang.
>        :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
>        :Date: 2021
>        :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
>
> Please, be sure to test the docs build before sending patches.
>

Hi Jon,

Thank you for applying the patch and giving me feedback!

I will be more careful in the future.

Thank you!

Best wishes,
Henry


> Thanks,
>
> jon
>



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