+ panic-refine-the-document-for-panic_print.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: panic: refine the document for 'panic_print'
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     panic-refine-the-document-for-panic_print.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/panic-refine-the-document-for-panic_print.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Feng Tang <feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: panic: refine the document for 'panic_print'
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:56:59 +0800

User reported current document about SYS_INFO_PANIC_CONSOLE_REPLAY is
confusing, that people could expect all user space console messages to be
replayed.

Specify that only 'kernel' messages will be replayed to solve the confusion.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250825025701.81921-3-feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com>
Reported-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@zohomail.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 +-
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst     |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt~panic-refine-the-document-for-panic_print
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4589,7 +4589,7 @@
 			bit 2: print timer info
 			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
 			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
-			bit 5: replay all messages on consoles at the end of panic
+			bit 5: replay all kernel messages on consoles at the end of panic
 			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
 			bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
 			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst~panic-refine-the-document-for-panic_print
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ bit 1  print system memory info
 bit 2  print timer info
 bit 3  print locks info if ``CONFIG_LOCKDEP`` is on
 bit 4  print ftrace buffer
-bit 5  replay all messages on consoles at the end of panic
+bit 5  replay all kernel messages on consoles at the end of panic
 bit 6  print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
 bit 7  print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
 =====  ============================================
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com are

lib-sys_info-handle-sys_info_mask==0-case.patch
panic-refine-the-document-for-panic_print.patch
panic-add-note-that-panic_print-parameter-is-deprecated.patch