Re: [PATCH V2] docs: process/4.Coding.rst: Fix a couple of document refs

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, Andrew Clayton <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst there were a couple of paragraphs
> that spilled over the 80 character line length. This was likely caused
> when the document was converted to reStructuredText. Re-flow the
> paragraphs and make the document references proper reStructuredText
> :ref: links.
>
> This also adds the appropriate reStructuredText file heading to
> kernel-parameters.rst as referenced by the kernel-parameters link in
> this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Clayton <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  V2 - Convert the document references into :ref: links

Thanks, this seems like a much better change to me.

Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>

Jon, Mauro, am I right in that the only place that actually leads to the
development process documentation that starts at 1.Intro.rst is in fact
submitting-patches.rst? It's not referenced in any indexes is it?

BR,
Jani.


>  
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst |  2 ++
>  Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst              | 17 +++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> index b516164999a8..e41d90dbd6c8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +.. _kernelparameters:
> +
>  The kernel's command-line parameters
>  ====================================
>  
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
> index 2a728d898fc5..6df19943dd4d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
> @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Coding style
>  ************
>  
>  The kernel has long had a standard coding style, described in
> -Documentation/process/coding-style.rst.  For much of that time, the policies described
> -in that file were taken as being, at most, advisory.  As a result, there is
> -a substantial amount of code in the kernel which does not meet the coding
> -style guidelines.  The presence of that code leads to two independent
> -hazards for kernel developers.
> +:ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`.  For much of
> +that time, the policies described in that file were taken as being, at most,
> +advisory.  As a result, there is a substantial amount of code in the kernel
> +which does not meet the coding style guidelines.  The presence of that code
> +leads to two independent hazards for kernel developers.
>  
>  The first of these is to believe that the kernel coding standards do not
>  matter and are not enforced.  The truth of the matter is that adding new
> @@ -343,9 +343,10 @@ user-space developers to know what they are working with.  See
>  Documentation/ABI/README for a description of how this documentation should
>  be formatted and what information needs to be provided.
>  
> -The file Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst describes all of the kernel's
> -boot-time parameters.  Any patch which adds new parameters should add the
> -appropriate entries to this file.
> +The file :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> +<kernelparameters>` describes all of the kernel's boot-time parameters.
> +Any patch which adds new parameters should add the appropriate entries to
> +this file.
>  
>  Any new configuration options must be accompanied by help text which
>  clearly explains the options and when the user might want to select them.

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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