This one file should not really be in the top-level documentation
directory. core-api/ may not be a perfect fit but seems to be best, so
move it there. Adjust a couple of internal document references to make
them location-independent, and point checkpatch.pl at the new location.
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/{ => core-api}/asm-annotations.rst | 7 ++++---
Documentation/core-api/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/index.rst | 8 --------
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{ => core-api}/asm-annotations.rst (97%)
diff --git a/Documentation/asm-annotations.rst b/Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst
similarity index 97%
rename from Documentation/asm-annotations.rst
rename to Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst
index a64f2ca469d4..bc514ed59887 100644
--- a/Documentation/asm-annotations.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ annotated objects like this, tools can be run on them to generate more useful
information. In particular, on properly annotated objects, ``objtool`` can be
run to check and fix the object if needed. Currently, ``objtool`` can report
missing frame pointer setup/destruction in functions. It can also
-automatically generate annotations for :doc:`ORC unwinder <x86/orc-unwinder>`
+automatically generate annotations for the ORC unwinder
+(Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst)
for most code. Both of these are especially important to support reliable
-stack traces which are in turn necessary for :doc:`Kernel live patching
-<livepatch/livepatch>`.
+stack traces which are in turn necessary for kernel live patching
+(Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst).
Caveat and Discussion
---------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
index dc95df462eea..f5d8e3779fe8 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ it.
printk-formats
printk-index
symbol-namespaces
+ asm-annotations
Data structures and low-level utilities
=======================================
diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst
index da80c584133c..5a700548ae82 100644
--- a/Documentation/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/index.rst
@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ platform firmwares.
devicetree/index
-Architecture-agnostic documentation
------------------------------------
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
-
- asm-annotations
-
Architecture-specific documentation
-----------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 79e759aac543..812af52f97d2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3751,7 +3751,7 @@ sub process {
if ($realfile =~ /\.S$/ &&
$line =~ /^\+\s*(?:[A-Z]+_)?SYM_[A-Z]+_(?:START|END)(?:_[A-Z_]+)?\s*\(\s*\.L/) {
WARN("AVOID_L_PREFIX",
- "Avoid using '.L' prefixed local symbol names for denoting a range of code via 'SYM_*_START/END' annotations; see Documentation/asm-annotations.rst\n" . $herecurr);
+ "Avoid using '.L' prefixed local symbol names for denoting a range of code via 'SYM_*_START/END' annotations; see Documentation/core-api/asm-annotations.rst\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check we are in a valid source file C or perl if not then ignore this hunk
--
2.37.2
