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author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-06-26 11:20:21 -0600 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-06-26 11:20:21 -0600 |
commit | d9d7c0c497b8e2ffd9fe26cc96a49ed2d69d8b75 (patch) | |
tree | aeed42f5b3d8d8518e7d1656215f3572630bcdbc /Documentation/doc-guide | |
parent | 344fdb28a0dfac2e42925f149029748b34d2effa (diff) | |
download | linux-d9d7c0c497b8e2ffd9fe26cc96a49ed2d69d8b75.tar.bz2 |
docs: Note that :c:func: should no longer be used
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@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/doc-guide')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst | 13 |
1 files 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 |