linux/Documentation/process, branch v4.11

Documentation: stable-kernel-rules: fix stable-tag format

2017-04-08T15:33:31Z

A patch documenting how to specify which kernels a particular fix should be backported to (seemingly) inadvertently added a minus sign after the kernel version. This particular stable-tag format had never been used prior to this patch, and was neither present when the patch in question was first submitted (it was added in v2 without any comment). Drop the minus sign to avoid any confusion. Fixes: fdc81b7910ad ("stable_kernel_rules: Add clause about specification of kernel versions to patch.") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Doc: Correct typo, "Introdution" => "Introduction"

2016-12-01T17:44:08Z

This corrects a set of spelling mistakes, probably from an automated conversion. Signed-off-by: Sanjeev Gupta Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/atomic_ops.txt: convert to ReST markup

2016-12-01T00:40:52Z

... and move to core-api folder. Signed-off-by: Silvio Fricke Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/process/howto: Only send regression fixes after -rc1

2016-11-29T00:24:32Z

The original text was not clear if white space or other harmless patches should be merged in -rc kernels. The discussion at Kernel Summit said that we should be more strict about sending regression fixes only. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

docs-rst: doc-guide: split the kernel-documentation.rst contents

2016-11-19T17:22:04Z

Having the kernel-documentation at the topmost level doesn't allow generating a separate PDF file for it. Also, makes harder to add extra contents. So, place it on a sub-dir. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

coding-style: fix mismatch of jump label name

2016-11-08T02:05:03Z

Commit 865a1caa4b6b ("CodingStyle: Clarify and complete chapter 7") renamed the label "out_buffer" to "out_free_buffer", but missed to change this line. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/process/howto: Mark subsection in suggested format

2016-11-08T00:03:50Z

`Specific guidelines for the kernel documentation` section of `kernel-documentation.rst` suggests to use ``~`` for subsection but subsections in HOWTO is not marked in the format. This commit marks them in the format. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Merge branch 'doc-tweaks' into docs-next

2016-10-27T23:47:58Z

The creation of the admin and process guides is a great thing, but, without care, we risk replacing a messy docs directory with a few messy Sphinx books. In an attempt to head that off and show what I'm thinking, here's a set of tweaks that, I think, make the existing Sphinx-formatted docs a bit more accessible.

docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst

2016-10-27T22:38:29Z

This is ancient stuff and we don't do things this way anymore. In the absence of simply deleting the document, at least add a warning to it. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

docs: add a warning to submitting-drivers.rst

2016-10-27T22:38:06Z

This is crufty stuff and should maybe just be deleted, but I'm not quite ready to do that yet. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet