Re: [PATCH] Documentation: deprecated.rst: add to syntax highlighting

[SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:00:47 +0300 Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Sep 2026, Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> wrote:
> > Mark key words 'gfp' and 'GFP_KERNEL' for syntax-highlighting.
> >
> > Suggested-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org>
> > ---
> > Suggestion:
> >  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260430010332.114100-1-sj@kernel.org/
> > ---
> >  Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> > index 22a5e62c9..4d4d29b97 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> > @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ become, respectively::
> >  	ptr = kmalloc_flex(*ptr, flex_member, count [, gfp] );
> >  	__auto_type ptr = kmalloc_obj(struct foo [, gfp] );
> >  
> > -The argument gfp is optional, the default value is GFP_KERNEL.
> > +The argument `gfp` is optional, the default value is `GFP_KERNEL`.
> >  If `ptr->flex_member` is annotated with __counted_by(), the allocation
> >  will automatically fail if `count` is larger than the maximum
> >  representable value that can be stored in the counter member associated
> 
> Single backquotes in rst mean "interpreted text" [1], not markdown style
> code.

Because multiple other parts in the doc are using single backquotes, I feel
this patch is improving the consistency.  Using double backquotes would also be
nice.  I have no strong opinion here.


Thanks,
SJ

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