From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751723AbdLUWEZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:04:25 -0500 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:48659 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751573AbdLUWEV (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:04:21 -0500 X-ME-Sender: Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:04:18 +1100 From: "Tobin C. Harding" To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook , Alexander Popov , Joe Perches , kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] doc: update printk documentation Message-ID: <20171221220418.GG6618@eros> References: <1513718237-24140-1-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc> <20171221122141.10604612@lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171221122141.10604612@lwn.net> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.24 (2015-08-30) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:21:41PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:17:14 +1100 > "Tobin C. Harding" wrote: > > > This set converts printk-formats.txt -> core-api/printk-formats.rst > > > > We also update the documentation around printing kernel addresses. > > > > This is my first documentation conversion. Please do be hard on this > > patch series. I'd like to get it _really_ correct so that future > > conversions will require less review effort. Also if there are any > > peculiarities to patching docs (as apposed to C files) please say so. > > > > Thank you for the time already given to reviewing previous versions. > > So I spent a while thinking hard about how I could make Tobin do another > round or two on these patches. But then I figure that it's the holidays, > and I should just apply them. So that's done. Thanks for all of your > work on this! Oh ok, I would have been happy to drag it over the holiday period and get it super correct. I'm always chasing perfection (even if seemingly a long way from it ;) so please never feel you have to rush things through. I'm happy to learn how to do it correctly and that will save everyone time in the future. > That said... I am happy also to patch on top of what was applied after Christmas break :) I don't want to create any extra work for anyone else. > - I don't quite understand why you capitalize "kernel" everywhere. I > vaguely recall some sort of discussion on that. To me it looks > strange...oh well. Ok, I'm going to go with 'kernel' everywhere from now on. Despite having two degrees I am particularly crap at English [grammar]. Please do pick me up on any mistakes no matter how trivial. That is the only way to learn IMO. > - There's a dangling reference to printk-formats.txt in lib/vsprintf.c > that we'll want to fix up. Bad Tobin, no biscuit. > - The vsprintf kerneldoc currently gets pulled into the big "kernel API" > dumpster. Someday, it would be nice to turn printk-formats.rst into a > "how to output data from the kernel" section, with documentation on > vnsprintf, printk, trace_printk, and format strings all in one place. > What a fine day that would be... I don't quite understand this yet. (I added to my kernel list of things to learn and work on ;) thanks Jon. Merry Christmas, Tobin.