kernel-api.rst: fix output of the vsnprintf() documentation

The vsnprintf() kernel-doc comment uses % character with a special
meaning other than escaping a constant. As ReST already defines
``literal`` as an escape sequence, let's make kernel-doc handle it,
and use it at lib/vsprintf.c.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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mchehab@s-opensource.com 2017-03-30 17:11:33 -03:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -1954,13 +1954,13 @@ set_precision(struct printf_spec *spec, int prec)
* This function generally follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some
* extensions and a few limitations:
*
* %n is unsupported
* %p* is handled by pointer()
* - ``%n`` is unsupported
* - ``%p*`` is handled by pointer()
*
* See pointer() or Documentation/printk-formats.txt for more
* extensive description.
*
* ** Please update the documentation in both places when making changes **
* **Please update the documentation in both places when making changes**
*
* The return value is the number of characters which would
* be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing