mainline inclusion
from mainline-4.20
commit 9073dac14e39
category: bugfix
bugzilla: 5743
CVE: NA

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Move the function and its dependencies up so it can be called from
special pointer type formatting routines.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181011084249.4520-2-geert+renesas@glider.be
To: "Tobin C . Harding" <me@tobin.cc>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: NGeert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Reviewed-by: NAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
[pmladek@suse.com: Split into separate patch]
Signed-off-by: NPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NCheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: NXie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: NYang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>