Re: [linux-next:master 8662/12838] htmldocs: MAINTAINERS:40: WARNING: Inline strong start-string without end-string. [docutils]

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Thu, 2026-04-09 at 12:12 +0200, Matteo Croce wrote:
> > > > MAINTAINERS:40: WARNING: Inline strong start-string without end-string. [docutils]
> 
> > 
> >    Documentation/userspace-api/landlock:480: ./security/landlock/errata/abi-4.h:5: ERROR: Unexpected section title.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> The problem is that "**" is seen as start of a bold text in RST.
> Escaping the first * fixes error and keeps the glob unaffected:
> 
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Descriptions of section entries and preferred order
>      F: drivers/net/ all files in and below drivers/net
>      F: drivers/net/* all files in drivers/net, but not below
>      F: */net/* all files in "any top level directory"/net
> -    F: fs/**/*foo*.c all *foo*.c files in any subdirectory of fs
> +    F: fs/\**/*foo*.c all *foo*.c files in any subdirectory of fs
>      One pattern per line.  Multiple F: lines acceptable.
>   X: *Excluded* files and directories that are NOT maintained, same
>      rules as F:. Files exclusions are tested before file matches.
> 
> should I create a fix patch or we can still amend the previous in net-next?

nack.

this shouldn't be fixed this way.
betterwould be to not try to format things that shouldn't be formatted.