Re: [PATCH] Sphinx error fixed for inline literal end-string in include/linux/workqueue.h

[Akira Yokosawa]

Hello,

On Wed,  1 May 2024 19:02:40 +0530, Utkarsh Tripathi wrote:
> Fixed Error in Workqueue Documentation in the kernel-doc comment 
> for alloc_workqueue function in include/linux/workqueue.h, 
> the error was "Inline literal start-string without end-string" 
> which was fixed by removing the inline literal.
> Kernel Version - 6.9.0-rc5
> 
> Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Tripathi <utripathi2002@xxxxxxxxx>

There was a slightly different patch submission on the same issue the
other day.  You might be interested in seeing my response to it [1].

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6875fb17-f781-4594-803a-c11969f36022@xxxxxxxxx/

Quoting below for your convenience:

> In my opinion, reST-specific clutters like these should be avoided in
> kernel-doc comments as far as possible.
> 
> Instead, I think you can educate kernel-doc (script) so that "*" is
> allowed in the %CONSTANT pattern, meaning %WQ_* can be converted
> to ``WQ_*`` in reST.
> 
> For similar changes made against the @param pattern, see commits
> 69fc23efc7e5 ("kernel-doc: Add unary operator * to $type_param_ref")
> and 8aaf297a0dd6 ("docs: scripts: kernel-doc: accept bitwise negation
> like ~@var").
> 
> I guess it is $type_constant2 that needs a tweak in this case.

Unfortunately, there's been no patch submission in this direction so far.
I'd be delighted if you can try this approach instead.

Thanks, Akira