Now that we can mark up function() automatically, there is no reason to use :c:func: and every reason to avoid it. Adjust the documentation to reflect that fact. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst index e60a56640c63..f71ddd592aaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst @@ -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. list tables -- 2.21.0
