[PATCH v14 07/92] docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n

Jim Cromie
2026-04-23T20:54:38Z

commit 47ea6f99d06e ("dyndbg: use ESCAPE_SPACE for cat control")
changed the control-file to display format strings with "\n" rather
than "\012". Update the docs to match the new reality.

Reviewed-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
Tested-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 20 ++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 095a63892257..4b14d9fd0300 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ You can view the currently configured behaviour in the *prdbg* catalog::

:#> head -n7 /proc/dynamic_debug/control
# filename:lineno [module]function flags format
- init/main.c:1179 [main]initcall_blacklist =_ "blacklisting initcall %s\012
- init/main.c:1218 [main]initcall_blacklisted =_ "initcall %s blacklisted\012"
- init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =_ " with arguments:\012"
- init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =_ " %s\012"
- init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =_ " with environment:\012"
- init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =_ " %s\012"
+ init/main.c:1179 [main]initcall_blacklist =_ "blacklisting initcall %s\n"
+ init/main.c:1218 [main]initcall_blacklisted =_ "initcall %s blacklisted\n"
+ init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =_ " with arguments:\n"
+ init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =_ " %s\n"
+ init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =_ " with environment:\n"
+ init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =_ " %s\n"

The 3rd space-delimited column shows the current flags, preceded by
a ``=`` for easy use with grep/cut. ``=p`` shows enabled callsites.
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ query/commands to the control file. Example::

:#> ddcmd '-p; module main func run* +p'
:#> grep =p /proc/dynamic_debug/control
- init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =p " with arguments:\012"
- init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =p " %s\012"
- init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =p " with environment:\012"
- init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =p " %s\012"
+ init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =p " with arguments:\n"
+ init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =p " %s\n"
+ init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =p " with environment:\n"
+ init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =p " %s\n"

Error messages go to console/syslog::

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