Adding a new kernel parameter with documentation makes checkpatch complain __setup appears un-documented -- check Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst The list of kernel parameters has moved to a separate txt file, but checkpatch has not been updated for this. Make checkpatch.pl look for the documentation for new kernel parameters in kernel-parameters.txt instead of kernel-parameters.rst.
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| @@ -2407,7 +2407,7 @@ sub process { · 2406 unmodified lines | ||
| 2407 | 2407 | |
| 2408 | 2408 | if ($rawline=~/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/) { |
| 2409 | 2409 | $setup_docs = 0; |
| 2410 | − if ($1 =~ m@Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst$@) { | |
| 2410 | + if ($1 =~ m@Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt$@) { | |
| 2411 | 2411 | $setup_docs = 1; |
| 2412 | 2412 | } |
| 2413 | 2413 | #next; |
| @@ -6388,7 +6388,7 @@ sub process { · 3974 unmodified lines | ||
| 6388 | 6388 | |
| 6389 | 6389 | if (!grep(/$name/, @setup_docs)) { |
| 6390 | 6390 | CHK("UNDOCUMENTED_SETUP", |
| 6391 | − "__setup appears un-documented -- check Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst\n" . $herecurr); | |
| 6391 | + "__setup appears un-documented -- check Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt\n" . $herecurr); | |
| 6392 | 6392 | } |
| 6393 | 6393 | } |
| 6394 | 6394 | |