Am 26.10.18 um 11:26 schrieb Peter Zijlstra:
 >> Jon,
 >>
 >> So the below document is a prime example for why I think RST sucks. As a
 >> text document readability is greatly diminished by all the markup
 >> nonsense.
 >>
 >> This stuff should not become write-only content like html and other
 >> gunk. The actual text file is still the primary means of reading this.
 >
 > I think Igor neglected to read doc-guide/sphinx.rst:
 >
 > Specific guidelines for the kernel documentation
 > ------------------------------------------------
 >
 > Here are some specific guidelines for the kernel documentation:
 >
 > * Please don't go overboard with reStructuredText markup. Keep it
 >    simple. For the most part the documentation should be plain text with
 >    just enough consistency in formatting that it can be converted to
 >    other formats.
 >
 > I agree that it's overly marked up.

To add my two cent ..

 > WTH is with all those ** ?

I guess Igor was looking for a definition list ...

 >> +Available protections for kernel data
 >> +-------------------------------------
 >> +
 >> +- **constant**
 >> +   Labelled as **const**, the data is never supposed to be altered.
 >> +   It is statically allocated - if it has any memory footprint at all.
 >> +   The compiler can even optimize it away, where possible, by replacing
 >> +   references to a **const** with its actual value.


+Available protections for kernel data
+-------------------------------------
+
+constant
+   Labelled as const, the data is never supposed to be altered.
+   It is statically allocated - if it has any memory footprint at all.
+   The compiler can even optimize it away, where possible, by replacing
+   references to a const with its actual value.

see "Lists and Quote-like blocks" [1]

[1] 
http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html#lists-and-quote-like-blocks

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