Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] man/man5/tunables.conf: Document system-wide tunables config

[DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>]

Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> writes:

> Hmmmm, let's see.  I couldn't do it in five words, but how about this
> schematic approach?
>
> 	The file may also contain
> 	.IR filters ,
> 	which limit the tunables following it,
> 	The effects of a filter are terminated by
> 	any of the following:
> 	.IP \[bu] 3
> 	The end of the file.
> 	.IP \[bu]
> 	The end of an included file.
> 	.IP \[bu]
> 	An
> 	.B include
> 	directive.
> 	.IP \[bu]
> 	A new (possibly empty) filter.

I like it as-is, other than "why are there blank lines" but I don't care
about that ;-)

> Since a filter can be empty, we should document that.  If we document
> that 'filter:pattern' is optional, it'd be [[filter:pattern]] (with the
> appropriate formatting differences: the inner '[' wouldn't be bold).
> However, that's likely to be confusing, so let's document that
> separately:
>
> 	A filter can also be empty:
> 	.BR [] .
> 	Such a filter has no effects.

Done.  I put it after the filter list, so the "also" made sense.