Re: [PATCH 05/10] Documentation/sphinx: add Sphinx kernel-doc directive extension

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Jun 03 2016 - 16:35:48 EST


On Fri, 20 May 2016 16:39:36 +0300
Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add an extension to handle kernel-doc directives, to call kernel-doc
> according to the arguments and parameters given to the reStructuredText
> directive.
>
> The syntax for the kernel-doc directive is:
>
> .. kernel-doc:: FILENAME
> :export:
> :internal:
> :functions: FUNCTION [FUNCTION ...]
> :doc: SECTION TITLE

So this seems just like what the doctor ordered - nice!

One little thought that has crossed my mind: it might be nice to be able to
put a regex in :functions: so we could say something like:

:functions: atomic_.*

That requires a kernel-doc tweak too, of course. Someday.

Might it be worth running this by the Sphinx list just to see what they
have to say?

jon