Changes in kernel-doc

c17ee635fd3a482b2ad2bf5e269755c2eae5f25e - Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:09:45 +0100

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes7.0-rc1 was just released, let's merge it to kick the new release cycle.Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard List of files: /linux/tools/docs/kernel-doc

72c395024dac5e215136cbff793455f065603b06 - Merge tag 'docs-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:53:18 +0100

Merge tag 'docs-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linuxPull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "A slightly calmer cycle for docs this time around, though there is still a fair amount going on, including: - Some signs of life on the long-moribund Japanese translation - Documentation on policies around the use of generative tools for patch submissions, and a separate document intended for consumption by generative tools - The completion of the move of the documentation tools to tools/docs. For now we're leaving a /scripts/kernel-doc symlink behind to avoid breaking scripts - Ongoing build-system work includes the incorporation of documentation in Python code, better support for documenting variables, and lots of improvements and fixes - Automatic linking of man-page references -- cat(1), for example -- to the online pages in the HTML build ...and the usual array of typo fixes and such"* tag 'docs-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux: (107 commits) doc: development-process: add notice on testing tools: sphinx-build-wrapper: improve its help message docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: allow -v override -q docs: kdoc: Fix pdfdocs build for tools docs: ja_JP: process: translate 'Obtain a current source tree' docs: fix 're-use' -> 'reuse' in documentation docs: ioctl-number: fix a typo in ioctl-number.rst docs: filesystems: ensure proc pid substitutable is complete docs: automarkup.py: Skip common English words as C identifiers Documentation: use a source-read extension for the index link boilerplate docs: parse_features: make documentation more consistent docs: add parse_features module documentation docs: jobserver: do some documentation improvements docs: add jobserver module documentation docs: kabi: helpers: add documentation for each "enum" value docs: kabi: helpers: add helper for debug bits 7 and 8 docs: kabi: system_symbols: end docstring phrases with a dot docs: python: abi_regex: do some improvements at documentation docs: python: abi_parser: do some improvements at documentation docs: add kabi modules documentation ... List of files: /linux/tools/docs/kernel-doc

11ba4215d0d6acc5a7d866a5e0a063b5a8487022 - Merge branch 'mauro' into docs-mw

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:13:23 +0100

Merge branch 'mauro' into docs-mwA combination of Mauro's -Werror work and my long-belated kernel-doc move. List of files: /linux/tools/docs/kernel-doc

35c0f975ef4a96cb488bcb5fca6e852fc347bc49 - docs: kdoc: improve description of MsgFormatter

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:05:03 +0100

docs: kdoc: improve description of MsgFormatterThe description there is quite vague. Make it clearer.Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <94269990e2d665bec08a1b6f4d28d84939cb9d83.1768823489.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> List of files: /linux/tools/docs/kernel-doc

32e9a42440a230b14c438099bc5fccb5012a638a - docs: kdoc: move the return values to the helper message

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:05:02 +0100

docs: kdoc: move the return values to the helper messageIt makes sense to describe what kernel-doc is expected to returnon its help message. Move such messages to argparse epilog.Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <3bcfa48016770929fcd073376515e3ff0b777ea8.1768823489.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> List of files: /linux/tools/docs/kernel-doc

eba6ffd126cd52358181ed5a179644a161f9c65f - docs: kdoc: move kernel-doc to tools/docs

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:05:01 +0100

docs: kdoc: move kernel-doc to tools/docskernel-doc is the last documentation-related tool still living outside ofthe tools/docs directory; the time has come to move it over.[mchehab: fixed kdoc lib location]Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <311d17e403524349940a8b12de6b5e91e554b1f4.1768823489.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> List of files: /linux/tools/docs/kernel-doc