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Linus Torvalds b4a5ea09b2 Some late-arriving documentation improvements. This is mostly build-system
fixes from Mauro and Akira; I also took the liberty of dropping in my
 "messy diffstat" document.
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Merge tag 'docs-5.18-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull more documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "Some late-arriving documentation improvements.

  This is mostly build-system fixes from Mauro and Akira; I also took
  the liberty of dropping in my 'messy diffstat' document"

* tag 'docs-5.18-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
  docs: Add a document on how to fix a messy diffstat
  docs: sphinx/requirements: Limit jinja2<3.1
  Documentation: kunit: Fix cross-referencing warnings
  scripts/kernel-doc: change the line number meta info
  scripts/get_abi: change the file/line number meta info
  docs: kernel_include.py: add sphinx build dependencies
  docs: kernel_abi.py: add sphinx build dependencies
  docs: kernel_feat.py: add build dependencies
  scripts/get_feat.pl: allow output the parsed file names
  docs: kfigure.py: Don't warn of missing PDF converter in 'make htmldocs'
  Documentation: Fix duplicate statement about raw_spinlock_t type
2022-03-31 12:10:42 -07:00
Jonathan Corbet 022bb490c7 docs: Add a document on how to fix a messy diffstat
A branch with merges in will sometimes create a diffstat containing a lot
of unrelated work at "git request-pull" time.  Create a document based on
Linus's advice (found in the links below) and add it to the maintainer
manual in the hope of saving some wear on Linus's keyboard going forward.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg3wXH2JNxkQi+eLZkpuxqV+wPiHhw_Jf7ViH33Sw7PHA@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgXbSa8yq8Dht8at+gxb_idnJ7X5qWZQWRBN4_CUPr=eQ@mail.gmail.com/
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2022-03-30 13:45:15 -06:00
Alex Williamson f621eb13fa vfio-pci: Provide reviewers and acceptance criteria for variant drivers
Device specific extensions for devices exposed to userspace through
the vfio-pci-core library open both new functionality and new risks.
Here we attempt to provided formalized requirements and expectations
to ensure that future drivers both collaborate in their interaction
with existing host drivers, as well as receive additional reviews
from community members with experience in this area.

Acked-by: Shameer Kolothum <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164736509088.181560.2887686123582116702.stgit@omen
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
2022-03-17 09:57:11 -06:00
Thorsten Leemhuis a9d85efb25 docs: use the lore redirector everywhere
Change all links from using the lkml redirector to the lore redirector,
as the kernel.org admin recently indicated: we shouldn't be using
lkml.kernel.org anymore because the domain can create confusion, as it
indicates it is only valid for messages sent to the LKML; the convention
has been to use https://lore.kernel.org/r/msgid for this reason.

In this process also change three links from using http to https.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211006170025.qw3glxvocczfuhar@meerkat.local
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
CC: Hu Haowen <src.res@email.cn>
CC: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org>
CC: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5bb55bac6ba10fafab19bf2b21572dd0e2f8cea2.1633593385.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-10-12 13:58:19 -06:00
Mauro Carvalho Chehab 86ee6729c9 media: add a subsystem profile documentation
Document the basic policies of the media subsystem profile.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
2021-03-22 08:56:42 +01:00
Drew DeVault 4ebdf7be21 Documentation/maintainer: rehome sign-off process
The repeated sign-offs necessary when a subsystem maintainer modifies an
incoming patch has been moved from submitting-patches.rst to
Documentation/maintainer, since the affairs of a subsystem maintainer
are not especially relevant to someone reading a guide for how to submit
their first patch.

Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903160545.83185-4-sir@cmpwn.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-03 15:39:24 -06:00
Lukas Bulwahn 003ad49f74 Documentation: add riscv entry in list of existing profiles
As long as there are only a few maintainer entry profiles, i.e., three
in v5.8, continue to maintain a complete a list of entries in the
maintainer handbook.

Complete the list by adding the RISC-V ARCHITECTURE maintainer entry
profile found in MAINTAINERS.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200815115728.15128-1-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-24 17:19:07 -06:00
Randy Dunlap 2ee2689064 Documentation: maintainer-entry-profile: eliminate duplicated word
Drop the doubled word "have".

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200707180414.10467-13-rdunlap@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-13 09:44:07 -06:00
Randy Dunlap e35b5a4c49 Documentation: fixes to the maintainer-entry-profile template
Do some wordsmithing and copy editing on the maintainer-entry-profile
profile (template, guide):
- fix punctuation
- fix some wording
- use "-rc" consistently

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/fbaa9b67-e7b8-d5e8-ecbb-6ae068234880@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-06-01 09:36:07 -06:00
Jonathan Corbet 53b7f3aa41 Add a maintainer entry profile for documentation
Documentation should lead by example, so here's a basic maintainer entry
profile for this subsystem.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-01-24 09:48:39 -07:00
Jonathan Corbet 0bfa52a43e docs: fix up the maintainer profile document
Add blank lines where needed to get the document to render properly.  Also
add a TOC of existing profiles just so that the nvdimm profile is linked
into the toctree, is discoverable, and doesn't generate a warning.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-11-25 08:42:12 -07:00
Dan Williams 4699c504e6 Maintainer Handbook: Maintainer Entry Profile
As presented at the 2018 Linux Plumbers conference [1], the Maintainer
Entry Profile (formerly Subsystem Profile) is proposed as a way to reduce
friction between committers and maintainers and encourage conversations
amongst maintainers about common best practices. While coding-style,
submit-checklist, and submitting-drivers lay out some common expectations
there remain local customs and maintainer preferences that vary by
subsystem.

The profile contains documentation of some of the common policy
questions a contributor might have that are local to the subsystem /
device-driver, special considerations for the subsystem, or other
guidelines that are otherwise not covered by the top-level process
documents.

The initial and hopefully non-controversial headings in the profile are:

    Overview:
    General introduction to how the subsystem operates

    Submit Checklist Addendum:
    Mechanical items that gate submission staging, or other requirements
    that gate patch acceptance.

    Key Cycle Dates:
     - Last -rc for new feature submissions: Expected lead time for submissions
     - Last -rc to merge features: Deadline for merge decisions

    Resubmit Cadence: When and preferred method to follow up with the
    maintainer

Note that coding style guidelines are explicitly left out of this list.

See Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst for more details,
and a follow-on example profile for the libnvdimm subsystem.

[1]: https://linuxplumbersconf.org/event/2/contributions/59/

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Cc: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/157462919309.1729495.10585699280061787229.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-11-25 08:34:18 -07:00
Linus Walleij 291084904e Documentation: Document how to get links with git am
This adds Kees' clever apply hook to the kernel documentation so
it can be easily references when needed.

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/ksummit-discuss/2019-July/006608.html
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191118223019.81708-1-linus.walleij@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-11-19 13:13:45 -07:00
Marco Villegas 3b2cb439a6 docs: Fix typo on pull requests guide
Signed-off-by: Marco Villegas <git@marvil07.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-08-12 15:14:14 -06:00
Mauro Carvalho Chehab 9fc3a18a94 docs: remove extra conf.py files
Now that the latex_documents are handled automatically, we can
remove those extra conf.py files.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
Jonathan Corbet d95ea1a4e1 docs: Add a document on repository management
Every merge window seems to involve at least one episode where subsystem
maintainers don't manage their trees as Linus would like.  Document the
expectations so that at least he has something to point people to.

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-06-18 09:33:16 -06:00
Mauro Carvalho Chehab 34962fb807 docs: Fix more broken references
As we move stuff around, some doc references are broken. Fix some of
them via this script:
	./scripts/documentation-file-ref-check --fix

Manually checked that produced results are valid.

Acked-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-06-15 18:11:26 -03:00
Jonathan Corbet 40af639083 docs: Add an intro note to the maintainers handbook
...just enough to say what the purpose is and to solicit more
contributions.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-12-11 14:46:10 -07:00
Tobin C. Harding 9727a0144b doc: add maintainer book
There is currently very little documentation in the kernel on maintainer
level tasks. In particular there are no documents on creating pull
requests to submit to Linus.

Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman on LKML:

    Anyway, this actually came up at the kernel summit / maintainer
    meeting a few weeks ago, in that "how do I make a
    good pull request to Linus" is something we need to document.

    Here's what I do, and it seems to work well, so maybe we should turn
    it into the start of the documentation for how to do it.

(quote references: kernel summit, Europe 2017)

Create a new kernel documentation book 'how to be a maintainer'
(suggested by Jonathan Corbet). Add chapters on 'configuring git' and
'creating a pull request'.

Most of the content was written by Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman
in discussion on LKML. This is stated at the start of one of the
chapters and the original email thread is referenced in
'pull-requests.rst'.

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-12-11 14:43:24 -07:00