Re: [PATCH] Documentation: security/credentials.rst: explain need to sort group_list

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:04:31 -0800
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:

> > +When replacing the group list, the new list must be sorted before it
> > +is added to the credential, as a binary search is used to test for
> > +membership.  In practice, this means ``groups_sort()`` should be  
> 
> For a .rst file, shouldn't we be using :c:func:`groups_sort` instead of
> ``groups_sort()``?

There is value in using the c:func syntax, as it will generate
cross-references to the kerneldoc comments for those functions.  In this
case, it would appear that these comments exist, but nobody has pulled
them into the docs yet.  I took the liberty of adding :c:func: references
to this patch on its way into docs-next so that things will Just Work on
that happy day when somebody adds the function documentation.

Thanks,

jon