[PATCH 6/9] kernel-api.rst: fix output of the vsnprintf() documentation

Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2017-03-30T20:11:45Z

The vsnprintf() kernel-doc comment uses % character with a special
meaning other than escaping a constant. As ReST already defines
``literal`` as an escape sequence, let's make kernel-doc handle it,
and use it at lib/vsprintf.c.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index e3bf4e0f10b5..176641cc549d 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1954,13 +1954,13 @@ set_precision(struct printf_spec *spec, int prec)
* This function generally follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some
* extensions and a few limitations:
*
- * %n is unsupported
- * %p* is handled by pointer()
+ * - ``%n`` is unsupported
+ * - ``%p*`` is handled by pointer()
*
* See pointer() or Documentation/printk-formats.txt for more
* extensive description.
*
- * ** Please update the documentation in both places when making changes **
+ * **Please update the documentation in both places when making changes**
*
* The return value is the number of characters which would
* be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing
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