On 10/16/17 13:26, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 01:18:14PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On 10/16/17 13:07, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:58:28PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >>>> Hi Jonathan and Paul, >>>> >>>> Please include these fixes before 4.14 final. >>> >>> Hello, Randy, >>> >>> I currently have them queued up for the 4.15 merge window. Will that >>> work for you? >> >> They should be fixed in 4.14 final IMO. > > OK, how about if I submit them to the 4.15 merge window, but add the > appropriate -stable tags to get them backported? Yes, these are bugs, > but I cannot in good conscience claim that they are v4.14 regressions. > > But if Jon agrees with you, I will of course create a patch series, > pull request, or whatever and send it along to him. You or Jon could just revert this commit then: commit 764f80798b958f74dbf0c6e76a8294d183dd9c16 Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Jul 4 14:42:20 2017 -0700 doc: Add RCU files to docbook-generation files Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> But the current condition is bad. > Thanx, Paul > >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> On 09/17/17 12:49, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >>>>> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:57:42AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >>>>>> On 09/17/17 10:47, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 09:41:45PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 06:26:04PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 4.14-rc1, I am seeing lots of warnings on rcu kernel-doc: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h >>>>>>>>> :external: >>>>>>>>> ./Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst:357: ERROR: Error in "kernel-doc" directive: >>>>>>>>> unknown option: "external". >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> $ grep external include/linux/rcupdate.h >>>>>>>> * by a single external-to-structure RCU-protected pointer, then you may >>>>>>>> * external-to-structure pointer -after- you have completely initialized >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Do these comments somehow qualify as an "external" option? If so, how >>>>>>>> do I tell kernel-doc to ignore them? Or must I reword them to avoid >>>>>>>> the word "external"? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h >>>>>>>>> :external: >>>>>>>>> ./Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst:360: ERROR: Error in "kernel-doc" directive: >>>>>>>>> unknown option: "external". >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> $ grep external include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is no occurrence of the string "external" in this file. So this >>>>>>>> "external" option is unknown to me as well. So, any hints on how I >>>>>>>> should interpret these error messages? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And thanks to Akira Yokosawa for pointing out my confusion in reading >>>>>>> these error messages. The line numbers of course apply to the file >>>>>>> Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst rather than the various RCU >>>>>>> C-language source files. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The patch below removes the error messages for me. Is this what you >>>>>>> had in mind? (Might need other options at some point, but somewhere >>>>>>> to start.) >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, much better. Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Just some missing kernel-doc on parameters mostly remaining: >>>>> >>>>> I have now fixed a number of these, thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Any hints for how to represent code samples within a "/**" comment? >>>>> >>>>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:559: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. >>>>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:563: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. >>>>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:777: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. >>>>> /home/git/linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/rcupdate.h:778: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. >>>>> >>>>> Thanx, Paul >>>>> >>>>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:818: warning: No description found for parameter 'p' >>>>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:818: warning: No description found for parameter 'v' >>>>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:826: warning: No description found for parameter 'p' >>>>>> ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:826: warning: No description found for parameter 'v' >>>>>> ../include/linux/srcu.h:95: warning: No description found for parameter 'sp' >>>>>> ../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:873: warning: No description found for parameter 'rhp' >>>>>> ../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:873: warning: Excess function parameter 'head' description in 'call_srcu' >>>>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:302: warning: Incorrect use of kernel-doc format: * list_first_or_null_rcu - get the first element from a list >>>>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'ptr' >>>>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'type' >>>>>> ../include/linux/rculist.h:317: warning: No description found for parameter 'member' >>>>>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:94: warning: No description found for parameter 'rsp' >>>>>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:162: warning: No description found for parameter 'rcu' >>>>>> ../kernel/rcu/sync.c:162: warning: Excess function parameter 'rsp' description in 'rcu_sync_func' >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst >>>>>>> index 8282099e0cbf..30b2666bf494 100644 >>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst >>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst >>>>>>> @@ -352,44 +352,44 @@ Read-Copy Update (RCU) >>>>>>> ---------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcutree.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree.c >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/update.c >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/srcu.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/srcutree.c >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_bl.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_nulls.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcu_sync.h >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/sync.c >>>>>>> - :external: >>>>>>> + :export -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html