Commit 7c8b9e30 authored by Nícolas F. R. A. Prado's avatar Nícolas F. R. A. Prado Committed by Jonathan Corbet
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kernel-doc: Update "cross-referencing from rST" section to use automarkup



Update text and examples in the "Cross-referencing from
reStructuredText" section to reflect that no additional syntax is needed
anymore.

Signed-off-by: default avatarNícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@protonmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903005747.3900333-3-nfraprado@protonmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -387,22 +387,23 @@ Domain`_ references.
Cross-referencing from reStructuredText
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To cross-reference the functions and types defined in the kernel-doc comments
from reStructuredText documents, please use the `Sphinx C Domain`_
references. For example::

  See function :c:func:`foo` and struct/union/enum/typedef :c:type:`bar`.

While the type reference works with just the type name, without the
struct/union/enum/typedef part in front, you may want to use::

  See :c:type:`struct foo <foo>`.
  See :c:type:`union bar <bar>`.
  See :c:type:`enum baz <baz>`.
  See :c:type:`typedef meh <meh>`.

This will produce prettier links, and is in line with how kernel-doc does the
cross-references.
No additional syntax is needed to cross-reference the functions and types
defined in the kernel-doc comments from reStructuredText documents.
Just end function names with ``()`` and write ``struct``, ``union``, ``enum``
or ``typedef`` before types.
For example::

  See foo().
  See struct foo.
  See union bar.
  See enum baz.
  See typedef meh.

However, if you want custom text in the cross-reference link, that can be done
through the following syntax::

  See :c:func:`my custom link text for function foo <foo>`.
  See :c:type:`my custom link text for struct bar <bar>`.

For further details, please refer to the `Sphinx C Domain`_ documentation.