Currently we have unusual text which in context is clear @flags: O_... flags with which the new file will be opened Currently this docstring is _not_ included in any documentation file but if it is in future this will cause Sphinx to emit a warning (as discovered while documenting alloc_file_pseudo()). Let's fix it now to save our future selves the hassle. Guard unusual text with backticks. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/file_table.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c index e3c6966c2d53..89875f1a1195 100644 --- a/fs/file_table.c +++ b/fs/file_table.c @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int flags, const struct cred *cred) /** * alloc_file() - Allocate and initialize a &struct file. * @path: the (dentry, vfsmount) pair for the new file - * @flags: O_... flags with which the new file will be opened + * @flags: ``O_...`` flags with which the new file will be opened * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for the new file */ static struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags, -- 2.21.0