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Date:   Mon, 6 Jul 2020 12:39:58 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] Security: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func:
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On Tue,  7 Jul 2020 00:04:37 +0530
Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@gmail.com> wrote:

> Replace :c:func: with ``func()`` as the previous usage is deprecated.
> Remove an extra ')' to fix broken cross reference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@gmail.com>
> ---
> V1: Change the subject line and remove deprecated :c:func: usage
> ---
>  Documentation/security/credentials.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst
> index 282e79feee6a..77b534f61c2a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst
> @@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ still at this point.
>  
>  When replacing the group list, the new list must be sorted before it
>  is added to the credential, as a binary search is used to test for
> -membership.  In practice, this means :c:func:`groups_sort` should be
> -called before :c:func:`set_groups` or :c:func:`set_current_groups`.
> -:c:func:`groups_sort)` must not be called on a ``struct group_list`` which
> +membership.  In practice, this means ``groups_sort()`` should be
> +called before ``set_groups()`` or ``set_current_groups()``.
> +``groups_sort()`` must not be called on a ``struct group_list`` which
>  is shared as it may permute elements as part of the sorting process
>  even if the array is already sorted.

Almost ... but please leave off the ``quotes`` as well - just say
groups_sort().

Thanks,

jon