From 5d47c31b59f6c2c7ddce0fcb1be0f85ad39a56fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 08:17:49 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] kernel-doc: describe the ``literal`` syntax changeset b97f193abf83 ("scripts/kernel-doc: fix parser for apostrophes") added support for ``literal`` inside kernel-doc, in order to allow using the "%" symbol inside a literal block, as this is used at printk() description. Document it. Fixes: b97f193abf83 ("scripts/kernel-doc: fix parser for apostrophes") Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst index b32e4813ff6fdd..b24854b5d6beb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst @@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ Domain`_ references. ``%CONST`` Name of a constant. (No cross-referencing, just formatting.) +````literal```` + A literal block that should be handled as-is. The output will use a + ``monospaced font``. + + Useful if you need to use special characters that would otherwise have some + meaning either by kernel-doc script of by reStructuredText. + + This is particularly useful if you need to use things like ``%ph`` inside + a function description. + ``$ENVVAR`` Name of an environment variable. (No cross-referencing, just formatting.)