1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py b/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py
index fa2e6da17617..8288e2ff7c7c 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ class YamlParser(Parser):
 
     netlink_parser = YnlDocGenerator()
 
+    re_lineno = re.compile(r"\.\. LINENO ([0-9]+)$")
+
     def rst_parse(self, inputstring, document, msg):
         """
         Receives a ReST content that was previously converted by the
@@ -66,8 +68,14 @@ class YamlParser(Parser):
 
         try:
             # Parse message with RSTParser
-            for i, line in enumerate(msg.split('\n')):
-                result.append(line, document.current_source, i)
+            lineoffset = 0;
+            for line in msg.split('\n'):
+                match = self.re_lineno.match(line)
+                if match:
+                    lineoffset = int(match.group(1))
+                    continue
+
+                result.append(line, document.current_source, lineoffset)
 
             rst_parser = RSTParser()
             rst_parser.parse('\n'.join(result), document)