1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index de50d8a4cf41..1a9f70d44af9 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
  * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
  * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the READ_ONCE().  This
  * is useful in cases where update-side locks prevent the value of the
- * pointer from changing.  Please note that this primitive does -not-
+ * pointer from changing.  Please note that this primitive does *not*
  * prevent the compiler from repeating this reference or combining it
  * with other references, so it should not be used without protection
  * of appropriate locks.
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
  * is handed off from RCU to some other synchronization mechanism, for
  * example, reference counting or locking.  In C11, it would map to
  * kill_dependency().  It could be used as follows:
- *
+ * ``
  *      rcu_read_lock();
  *      p = rcu_dereference(gp);
  *      long_lived = is_long_lived(p);
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
  *                      p = rcu_pointer_handoff(p);
  *      }
  *      rcu_read_unlock();
+ *``
  */
 #define rcu_pointer_handoff(p) (p)
 
@@ -778,18 +779,21 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
 
 /**
  * RCU_INIT_POINTER() - initialize an RCU protected pointer
+ * @p: The pointer to be initialized.
+ * @v: The value to initialized the pointer to.
  *
  * Initialize an RCU-protected pointer in special cases where readers
  * do not need ordering constraints on the CPU or the compiler.  These
  * special cases are:
  *
- * 1.   This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer -or-
+ * 1.   This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer *or*
  * 2.   The caller has taken whatever steps are required to prevent
- *      RCU readers from concurrently accessing this pointer -or-
+ *      RCU readers from concurrently accessing this pointer *or*
  * 3.   The referenced data structure has already been exposed to
- *      readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() -and-
- *      a.      You have not made -any- reader-visible changes to
- *              this structure since then -or-
+ *      readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() *and*
+ *
+ *      a.      You have not made *any* reader-visible changes to
+ *              this structure since then *or*
  *      b.      It is OK for readers accessing this structure from its
  *              new location to see the old state of the structure.  (For
  *              example, the changes were to statistical counters or to
@@ -805,7 +809,7 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
  * by a single external-to-structure RCU-protected pointer, then you may
  * use RCU_INIT_POINTER() to initialize the internal RCU-protected
  * pointers, but you must use rcu_assign_pointer() to initialize the
- * external-to-structure pointer -after- you have completely initialized
+ * external-to-structure pointer *after* you have completely initialized
  * the reader-accessible portions of the linked structure.
  *
  * Note that unlike rcu_assign_pointer(), RCU_INIT_POINTER() provides no
@@ -819,6 +823,8 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
 
 /**
  * RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() - statically initialize an RCU protected pointer
+ * @p: The pointer to be initialized.
+ * @v: The value to initialized the pointer to.
  *
  * GCC-style initialization for an RCU-protected pointer in a structure field.
  */