Re: linux-next: build warnings after merge of the ftrace tree

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Jan 30 2023 - 13:51:56 EST


On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:51:49 +1100
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> After merging the ftrace tree, today's linux-next build (htmldocs)
> produced these warnings:
>
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:1969: ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:1970: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:1982: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2014: WARNING: Definition list ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2016: ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2028: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2030: ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2040: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2042: ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2052: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2055: ERROR: Unexpected indentation.
> Documentation/trace/histogram.rst:2065: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
>
> Introduced by commit
>
> 88238513bb26 ("tracing/histogram: Document variable stacktrace")
>

krobot saw this too. I'm thinking this can fix it:

-- Steve

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
index 5c391328b9bb..026eef03afe0 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ A histogram can now be defined for the new synthetic event::
The above shows the latency "lat" in a power of 2 grouping.

Like any other event, once a histogram is enabled for the event, the
-output can be displayed by reading the event's 'hist' file.
+output can be displayed by reading the event's 'hist' file::

# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/hist

@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ output can be displayed by reading the event's 'hist' file.


The latency values can also be grouped linearly by a given size with
-the ".buckets" modifier and specify a size (in this case groups of 10).
+the ".buckets" modifier and specify a size (in this case groups of 10)::

# echo 'hist:keys=pid,prio,lat.buckets=10:sort=lat' >> \
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ the ".buckets" modifier and specify a size (in this case groups of 10).

To save stacktraces, create a synthetic event with a field of type "unsigned long[]"
or even just "long[]". For example, to see how long a task is blocked in an
-uninterruptible state:
+uninterruptible state::

# cd /sys/kernel/tracing
# echo 's:block_lat pid_t pid; u64 delta; unsigned long[] stack;' > dynamic_events
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ uninterruptible state:
=> kthread+0xe9/0x110
=> ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50

-A synthetic event that has a stacktrace field may use it as a key in histogram:
+A synthetic event that has a stacktrace field may use it as a key in histogram::

# echo 'hist:delta.buckets=100,stack.stacktrace:sort=delta' > events/synthetic/block_lat/trigger
# cat events/synthetic/block_lat/hist
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ The following commonly-used handler.action pairs are available:
wakeup_new_test($testpid) if comm=="cyclictest"' >> \
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup_new/trigger

- Or, equivalently, using the 'trace' keyword syntax:
+ Or, equivalently, using the 'trace' keyword syntax::

# echo 'hist:keys=$testpid:testpid=pid:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup_new).\
trace(wakeup_new_test,$testpid) if comm=="cyclictest"' >> \
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ The following commonly-used handler.action pairs are available:
resulting latency, stored in wakeup_lat, exceeds the current
maximum latency, a snapshot is taken. As part of the setup, all
the scheduler events are also enabled, which are the events that
- will show up in the snapshot when it is taken at some point:
+ will show up in the snapshot when it is taken at some point::

# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/enable

@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ The following commonly-used handler.action pairs are available:
following the rest of the fields.

If a snapshot was taken, there is also a message indicating that,
- along with the value and event that triggered the global maximum:
+ along with the value and event that triggered the global maximum::

# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/hist
{ next_pid: 2101 } hitcount: 200
@@ -2439,7 +2439,7 @@ The following commonly-used handler.action pairs are available:
$cwnd variable. If the value has changed, a snapshot is taken.
As part of the setup, all the scheduler and tcp events are also
enabled, which are the events that will show up in the snapshot
- when it is taken at some point:
+ when it is taken at some point::

# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/enable
# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/tcp/enable