Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: x86: Fix obsolete name of page fault handler

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Tue Apr 05 2022 - 19:12:30 EST


Chin En Lin <shiyn.lin@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Since commit 91eeafea1e4b ("x86/entry: Switch page fault exception to
> IDTENTRY_RAW"), the function name of the page fault handler is out of date.
> And because of commit aa37c51b9421 ("x86/mm: Break out user address space
> handling"), the description of search_exception_table is not correct
> anymore. It may mislead the user who wants to use the documentation to
> figure out the page fault handler.
>
> Also, fix typo and add the parentheses after function and macro name.

"Also" in a changelog like this is an indication that you've moved on to
an independent change that should be done as its own patch. That is
certainly true of typo fixes and such, which should be separated out
from more substantive changes.

> Signed-off-by: Chin En Lin <shiyn.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/x86/exception-tables.rst | 23 +++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Nonetheless, the patch seems clear enough and nobody has objected, so
I've applied it.

Thanks,

jon