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authorPuranjay Mohan <puranjay12@gmail.com>2020-08-10 20:36:13 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-08-11 18:24:10 +0200
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parentFilesystems: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage (diff)
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Dev-tools: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage
Replace :c:func: with func() as the previous usage is deprecated. Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200810183613.25643-1-puranjay12@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
index 0e52e966a153..c908ef4d3f04 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ driver as a loadable kernel module kgdbwait will not do anything.
Kernel parameter: ``kgdbcon``
-----------------------------
-The ``kgdbcon`` feature allows you to see :c:func:`printk` messages inside gdb
+The ``kgdbcon`` feature allows you to see printk() messages inside gdb
while gdb is connected to the kernel. Kdb does not make use of the kgdbcon
feature.
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ This is a quick example of how to use kdb.
``ps`` Displays only the active processes
``ps A`` Shows all the processes
``summary`` Shows kernel version info and memory usage
- ``bt`` Get a backtrace of the current process using :c:func:`dump_stack`
+ ``bt`` Get a backtrace of the current process using dump_stack()
``dmesg`` View the kernel syslog buffer
``go`` Continue the system
=========== =================================================================
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ The kernel debugger is organized into a number of components:
The arch-specific portion implements:
- contains an arch-specific trap catcher which invokes
- :c:func:`kgdb_handle_exception` to start kgdb about doing its work
+ kgdb_handle_exception() to start kgdb about doing its work
- translation to and from gdb specific packet format to :c:type:`pt_regs`
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ The kernel debugger is organized into a number of components:
config. Later run ``modprobe kdb_hello`` and the next time you
enter the kdb shell, you can run the ``hello`` command.
- - The implementation for :c:func:`kdb_printf` which emits messages directly
+ - The implementation for kdb_printf() which emits messages directly
to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel log.
- SW / HW breakpoint management for the kdb shell
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ kernel when ``CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD=y`` is set in the kernel configuration.
The core polled keyboard driver for PS/2 type keyboards is in
``drivers/char/kdb_keyboard.c``. This driver is hooked into the debug core
when kgdboc populates the callback in the array called
-:c:type:`kdb_poll_funcs[]`. The :c:func:`kdb_get_kbd_char` is the top-level
+:c:type:`kdb_poll_funcs[]`. The kdb_get_kbd_char() is the top-level
function which polls hardware for single character input.
kgdboc and kms
@@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ that you have a video driver which has a frame buffer console and atomic
kernel mode setting support.
Every time the kernel debugger is entered it calls
-:c:func:`kgdboc_pre_exp_handler` which in turn calls :c:func:`con_debug_enter`
+kgdboc_pre_exp_handler() which in turn calls con_debug_enter()
in the virtual console layer. On resuming kernel execution, the kernel
-debugger calls :c:func:`kgdboc_post_exp_handler` which in turn calls
-:c:func:`con_debug_leave`.
+debugger calls kgdboc_post_exp_handler() which in turn calls
+con_debug_leave().
Any video driver that wants to be compatible with the kernel debugger
and the atomic kms callbacks must implement the ``mode_set_base_atomic``,