Re: [PATCH v1 v1] Documentation: proc: fix ext4 section numbering in table of contents

liubaolin
2026-04-24T06:55:03Z

在 2026/4/24 10:54, Randy Dunlap 写道:
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> On 4/23/26 7:44 PM, liubaolin wrote:
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>> 在 2026/4/23 23:55, Randy Dunlap 写道:
>>> Hi--
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>>> Why is "ext4" in the Subject?
>>> Probably just drop that word?

Dear Randy Dunlap,
I apologize for missing the first part of your email. You're right,
the commit message title should remove the word"ext4". I will submit a
v2 patch to fix this error later. Thank you for your review.

Thanks,
Baolin

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>>> On 4/22/26 11:56 PM, Baolin Liu wrote:
>>>> From: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@kylinos.cn>
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>>>> Commit e24ccaaf7ec4 ("block: remove last remaining traces of IDE
>>>> documentation") removed the IDE section but left its table of
>>>> contents entry behind.
>>>> Fix the stale entry and renumber the following sections.
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>>>> Fixes: e24ccaaf7ec4 ("block: remove last remaining traces of IDE documentation")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@kylinos.cn>
>>>> ---
>>>>   Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 14 +++++++-------
>>>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
>>>> index 7ce02573a3d9..70db35987ee1 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
>>>> @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ fixes/update part 1.1  Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>    June 9 2009
>>>>     1    Collecting System Information
>>>>     1.1    Process-Specific Subdirectories
>>>>     1.2    Kernel data
>>>> -  1.3    IDE devices in /proc/ide
>>>> -  1.4    Networking info in /proc/net
>>>> -  1.5    SCSI info
>>>> -  1.6    Parallel port info in /proc/parport
>>>> -  1.7    TTY info in /proc/tty
>>>> -  1.8    Miscellaneous kernel statistics in /proc/stat
>>>> -  1.9    Ext4 file system parameters
>>>> +  1.3    Networking info in /proc/net
>>>> +  1.4    SCSI info
>>>> +  1.5    Parallel port info in /proc/parport
>>>> +  1.6    TTY info in /proc/tty
>>>> +  1.7    Miscellaneous kernel statistics in /proc/stat
>>>> +  1.8    Ext4 file system parameters
>>>> +  1.9    /proc/consoles - Shows registered system consoles
>>>>       2    Modifying System Parameters
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>>> Where/how is this Table of Contents used?
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>>> But yes, the intent of the patch is good.
>>> Thanks.
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>> Hello, this directory contains the subsequent content of the file proc.rst.
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>> My modification is due to a previous commit e24ccaaf7ec4 ("block: remove last remaining traces of IDE documentation")
>> which removed "1.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide" from the subsequent content and modified the labels of the various items.
>> However, this previous commit forgot to remove "1.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide" from the directory itself.
>> This caused a misalignment between the directory entry and the actual subsequent content items.
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>> My modification is to remove the "1.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide" that was forgotten in the previous commit and correct the labels of the other subsequent items.
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> Yes, I understood all of that, but I had questions (which you ignored).
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