diff --git a/docs/devel/atomics.rst b/docs/devel/atomics.rst index 6bf032f900..95c7b77c01 100644 --- a/docs/devel/atomics.rst +++ b/docs/devel/atomics.rst @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ They come in six kinds: before the second with respect to the other components of the system. Therefore, unlike ``smp_rmb()`` or ``qatomic_load_acquire()``, ``smp_read_barrier_depends()`` can be just a compiler barrier on - weakly-ordered architectures such as Arm or PPC\ [#]_. + weakly-ordered architectures such as Arm or PPC\ [#alpha]_. Note that the first load really has to have a _data_ dependency and not a control dependency. If the address for the second load is dependent @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ They come in six kinds: than actually loading the address itself, then it's a _control_ dependency and a full read barrier or better is required. -.. [#] The DEC Alpha is an exception, because ``smp_read_barrier_depends()`` +.. [#alpha] The DEC Alpha is an exception, because ``smp_read_barrier_depends()`` needs a processor barrier. On strongly-ordered architectures such as x86 or s390, ``smp_rmb()`` and ``qatomic_load_acquire()`` can also be compiler barriers only. @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Acquire/release pairing and the *synchronizes-with* relation ------------------------------------------------------------ Atomic operations other than ``qatomic_set()`` and ``qatomic_read()`` have -either *acquire* or *release* semantics [#rmw]_. This has two effects: +either *acquire* or *release* semantics\ [#rmw]_. This has two effects: .. [#rmw] Read-modify-write operations can have both---acquire applies to the read part, and release to the write. diff --git a/docs/devel/build-system.rst b/docs/devel/build-system.rst index fa1c59d9fd..d42045a232 100644 --- a/docs/devel/build-system.rst +++ b/docs/devel/build-system.rst @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ into each emulator: ``default-configs/targets/*.mak`` These files mostly define symbols that appear in the ``*-config-target.h`` - file for each emulator [#cfgtarget]_. However, the ``TARGET_ARCH`` + file for each emulator\ [#cfgtarget]_. However, the ``TARGET_ARCH`` and ``TARGET_BASE_ARCH`` will also be used to select the ``hw/`` and ``target/`` subdirectories that are compiled into each target. diff --git a/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst b/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst index ec627aa9c0..9471bac859 100644 --- a/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst +++ b/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ guest CPU state in case of a guest CPU exception. This is passed to ``cpu_restore_state()``. Therefore the value should either be 0, to indicate that the guest CPU state is already synchronized, or the result of ``GETPC()`` from the top level ``HELPER(foo)`` -function, which is a return address into the generated code [#gpc]_. +function, which is a return address into the generated code\ [#gpc]_. .. [#gpc] Note that ``GETPC()`` should be used with great care: calling it in other functions that are *not* the top level diff --git a/docs/devel/maintainers.rst b/docs/devel/maintainers.rst index 5c907d901c..88a613ed74 100644 --- a/docs/devel/maintainers.rst +++ b/docs/devel/maintainers.rst @@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ members of the QEMU community, you should make arrangements to attend a `KeySigningParty `__ (for example at KVM Forum) or make alternative arrangements to have your key signed by an attendee. Key signing requires meeting another -community member **in person** [#]_ so please make appropriate +community member **in person**\ [#2020]_ so please make appropriate arrangements. -.. [#] In recent pandemic times we have had to exercise some +.. [#2020] In recent pandemic times we have had to exercise some flexibility here. Maintainers still need to sign their pull requests though. diff --git a/docs/devel/migration/mapped-ram.rst b/docs/devel/migration/mapped-ram.rst index d352b546e9..b08c2b433c 100644 --- a/docs/devel/migration/mapped-ram.rst +++ b/docs/devel/migration/mapped-ram.rst @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Use-cases The mapped-ram feature was designed for use cases where the migration stream will be directed to a file in the filesystem and not -immediately restored on the destination VM [#]_. These could be +immediately restored on the destination VM\ [#alternatives]_. These could be thought of as snapshots. We can further categorize them into live and non-live. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ mapped-ram in this scenario is portability since background-snapshot depends on async dirty tracking (KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG) which is not supported outside of Linux. -.. [#] While this same effect could be obtained with the usage of +.. [#alternatives] While this same effect could be obtained with the usage of snapshots or the ``file:`` migration alone, mapped-ram provides a performance increase for VMs with larger RAM sizes (10s to 100s of GiBs), specially if the VM has been stopped beforehand. diff --git a/docs/specs/fw_cfg.rst b/docs/specs/fw_cfg.rst index 5ad47a901c..31ae31576b 100644 --- a/docs/specs/fw_cfg.rst +++ b/docs/specs/fw_cfg.rst @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Data Register ------------- * Read/Write (writes ignored as of QEMU v2.4, but see the DMA interface) -* Location: platform dependent (IOport [#]_ or MMIO) +* Location: platform dependent (IOport\ [#placement]_ or MMIO) * Width: 8-bit (if IOport), 8/16/32/64-bit (if MMIO) * Endianness: string-preserving -.. [#] +.. [#placement] On platforms where the data register is exposed as an IOport, its port number will always be one greater than the port number of the selector register. In other words, the two ports overlap, and can not