Merge tag 'docs-4.16' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t documentation, errseq documentation, kernel-doc support for nested structure definitions, the removal of lots of crufty kernel-doc support for unused formats, SPDX tag documentation, the beginnings of a manual for subsystem maintainers, and lots of fixes and updates. As usual, some of the changesets reach outside of Documentation/ to effect kerneldoc comment fixes. It also adds the new LICENSES directory, of which Thomas promises I do not need to be the maintainer" * tag 'docs-4.16' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (65 commits) linux-next: docs-rst: Fix typos in kfigure.py linux-next: DOC: HWPOISON: Fix path to debugfs in hwpoison.txt Documentation: Fix misconversion of #if docs: add index entry for networking/msg_zerocopy Documentation: security/credentials.rst: explain need to sort group_list LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license LICENSES: Add the GPL 1.0 license LICENSES: Add Linux syscall note exception LICENSES: Add the MIT license LICENSES: Add the BSD-3-clause "Clear" license LICENSES: Add the BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License LICENSES: Add the BSD 2-clause "Simplified" license LICENSES: Add the LGPL-2.1 license LICENSES: Add the LGPL 2.0 license LICENSES: Add the GPL 2.0 license Documentation: Add license-rules.rst to describe how to properly identify file licenses scripts: kernel_doc: better handle show warnings logic fs/*/Kconfig: drop links to 404-compliant http://acl.bestbits.at doc: md: Fix a file name to md-fault.c in fault-injection.txt errseq: Add to documentation tree ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ isdn/
 	- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
 kbuild/
 	- directory with info about the kernel build process.
-kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
-	- outdated info about kernel-doc documentation.
 kdump/
 	- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
 doc-guide/
@@ -346,8 +344,6 @@ prctl/
 	- directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
 preempt-locking.txt
 	- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
-printk-formats.txt
-	- how to get printk format specifiers right
 process/
 	- how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
 pps/

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2538,6 +2538,9 @@
 			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
 			need the box quickly up again.
 
+			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
+			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
+
 	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
 			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
 			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mono.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mono.rst
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ This will allow you to execute Mono-based .NET binaries just like any
 other program after you have done the following:
 
 1) You MUST FIRST install the Mono CLR support, either by downloading
-   a binary package, a source tarball or by installing from CVS. Binary
+   a binary package, a source tarball or by installing from Git. Binary
    packages for several distributions can be found at:
 
-	http://go-mono.com/download.html
+	http://www.mono-project.com/download/
 
    Instructions for compiling Mono can be found at:
 
-	http://www.go-mono.com/compiling.html
+	http://www.mono-project.com/docs/compiling-mono/linux/
 
    Once the Mono CLR support has been installed, just check that
    ``/usr/bin/mono`` (which could be located elsewhere, for example

diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     if makefile_version and makefile_patchlevel:
         version = release = makefile_version + '.' + makefile_patchlevel
     else:
-        sys.stderr.write('Warning: Could not extract kernel version\n')
         version = release = "unknown version"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation

diff --git a/Documentation/errseq.rst → Documentation/core-api/errseq.rst b/Documentation/errseq.rst → Documentation/core-api/errseq.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+=====================
 The errseq_t datatype
 =====================
+
 An errseq_t is a way of recording errors in one place, and allowing any
 number of "subscribers" to tell whether it has changed since a previous
 point where it was sampled.
@@ -21,12 +23,13 @@ a flag to tell whether the value has been sampled since a new value was
 recorded.  That allows us to avoid bumping the counter if no one has
 sampled it since the last time an error was recorded.
 
-Thus we end up with a value that looks something like this::
+Thus we end up with a value that looks something like this:
 
-    bit:  31..13        12        11..0
-    +-----------------+----+----------------+
-    |     counter     | SF |      errno     |
-    +-----------------+----+----------------+
++--------------------------------------+----+------------------------+
+| 31..13                               | 12 | 11..0                  |
++--------------------------------------+----+------------------------+
+| counter                              | SF | errno                  |
++--------------------------------------+----+------------------------+
 
 The general idea is for "watchers" to sample an errseq_t value and keep
 it as a running cursor.  That value can later be used to tell whether
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ has ever been an error set since it was first initialized.
 
 API usage
 =========
+
 Let me tell you a story about a worker drone.  Now, he's a good worker
 overall, but the company is a little...management heavy.  He has to
 report to 77 supervisors today, and tomorrow the "big boss" is coming in
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ not usable by anyone else.
 
 Serializing errseq_t cursor updates
 ===================================
+
 Note that the errseq_t API does not protect the errseq_t cursor during a
 check_and_advance_operation. Only the canonical error code is handled
 atomically.  In a situation where more than one task might be using the
@@ -147,3 +152,8 @@ errseq_check_and_advance after taking the lock. e.g.::
 
 That avoids the spinlock in the common case where nothing has changed
 since the last time it was checked.
+
+Functions
+=========
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/errseq.c
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ Core utilities
    kernel-api
    assoc_array
    atomic_ops
+   refcount-vs-atomic
    cpu_hotplug
    local_ops
    workqueue
    genericirq
    flexible-arrays
    librs
    genalloc
+   errseq
+   printk-formats
 
 Interfaces for kernel debugging
 ===============================

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
@@ -139,6 +139,21 @@ Division Functions
 .. kernel-doc:: lib/gcd.c
    :export:
 
+Sorting
+-------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/sort.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/list_sort.c
+   :export:
+
+UUID/GUID
+---------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/uuid.c
+   :export:
+
 Memory Management in Linux
 ==========================