[PATCH] fs/namei: fix kernel-doc markup for dentry_create

Jay Winston
2026-01-18T11:04:48Z

O_ is interpreted as a broken hyperlink target. Escape _ with a backslash.

The asterisk in "struct file *" is interpreted as an opening emphasis
string that never closes. Replace double quotes with rST backticks.

Change "a ERR_PTR" to "an ERR_PTR".

Signed-off-by: Jay Winston <jaybenjaminwinston@gmail.com>
---
fs/namei.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b19890758646..f511288af463 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4975,7 +4975,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_creating_user_path);
/**
* dentry_create - Create and open a file
* @path: path to create
- * @flags: O_ flags
+ * @flags: O\_ flags
* @mode: mode bits for new file
* @cred: credentials to use
*
@@ -4986,7 +4986,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_creating_user_path);
* the new file is to be created. The parent directory and the
* negative dentry must reside on the same filesystem instance.
*
- * On success, returns a "struct file *". Otherwise a ERR_PTR
+ * On success, returns a ``struct file *``. Otherwise an ERR_PTR
* is returned.
*/
struct file *dentry_create(struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode,
--
2.46.4