We need to escape *ret, as otherwise the documentation system thinks that this is an incomplete emphasis block: ./kernel/rcu/update.c:65: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string. ./kernel/rcu/update.c:65: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string. ./kernel/rcu/update.c:70: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string. ./kernel/rcu/update.c:82: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/update.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c index b1fa519e5890..16058a5e6da4 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c @@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ module_param(rcu_normal_after_boot, int, 0); * rcu_read_lock_held_common() - might we be in RCU-sched read-side critical section? * @ret: Best guess answer if lockdep cannot be relied on * - * Returns true if lockdep must be ignored, in which case *ret contains + * Returns true if lockdep must be ignored, in which case ``*ret`` contains * the best guess described below. Otherwise returns false, in which - * case *ret tells the caller nothing and the caller should instead + * case ``*ret`` tells the caller nothing and the caller should instead * consult lockdep. * - * If CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is selected, set *ret to nonzero iff in an + * If CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is selected, set ``*ret`` to nonzero iff in an * RCU-sched read-side critical section. In absence of * CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC, this assumes we are in an RCU-sched read-side * critical section unless it can prove otherwise. Note that disabling @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module_param(rcu_normal_after_boot, int, 0); * * Note that if the CPU is in the idle loop from an RCU point of view (ie: * that we are in the section between rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit()) - * then rcu_read_lock_held() sets *ret to false even if the CPU did an + * then rcu_read_lock_held() sets ``*ret`` to false even if the CPU did an * rcu_read_lock(). The reason for this is that RCU ignores CPUs that are * in such a section, considering these as in extended quiescent state, * so such a CPU is effectively never in an RCU read-side critical section -- 2.24.1