Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dev-tools: Fix a typo in autofdo documentation

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Harshit,

On Mon, 1 Sept 2025 at 17:57, Harshit Mogalapalli
<harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com> wrote:
> Use cat /proc/cpuinfo as opposed cat proc/cpuinfo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/autofdo.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/autofdo.rst
> @@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ Here is an example workflow for AutoFDO kernel:
>
>       For Zen3::
>
> -      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep " brs"
> +      $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep " brs"
>
>       For Zen4::
>
> -      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep amd_lbr_v2
> +      $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep amd_lbr_v2
>
>       The following command generated the perf data file::
>

One might say the path depends on where the proc filesystem is mounted ;-)
However, all other documentation (except for two occurrences in
Documentation/networking/proc_net_tcp.rst, which you may want to fix,
too) assumes /proc, so it is better to be consistent.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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