From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 17/17] Documentation: bootconfig: Add bootconfig override operator
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:58:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200804205814.412245900@goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20200804205743.419135730@goodmis.org
From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Add a sentence about bootconfig override operator (":=") to
bootconfig.rst.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159482884682.126704.7198860675721719878.stgit@devnote2
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
index d6b3b77a4129..a22024f9175e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ For example,::
foo = bar, baz
foo = qux # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key
+If you want to update the value, you must use the override operator
+``:=`` explicitly. For example::
+
+ foo = bar, baz
+ foo := qux
+
+then, the ``qux`` is assigned to ``foo`` key. This is useful for
+overriding the default value by adding (partial) custom bootconfigs
+without parsing the default bootconfig.
+
If you want to append the value to existing key as an array member,
you can use ``+=`` operator. For example::
@@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ For example, following config is NOT allowed.::
foo = value1
foo.bar = value2 # !ERROR! subkey "bar" and value "value1" can NOT co-exist
+ foo.bar := value2 # !ERROR! even with the override operator, this is NOT allowed.
Comments
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-04 20:57 [for-linus][PATCH 00/17] tracing: Last minute fixes for this merge window Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 01/17] tracing: Simplify defining of the next event id Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 02/17] tracing: Save one trace_event->type by using __TRACE_LAST_TYPE Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 03/17] tracing/hwlat: Drop the duplicate assignment in start_kthread() Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 04/17] tracing/hwlat: Honor the tracing_cpumask Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 05/17] ftrace: Setup correct FTRACE_FL_REGS flags for module Steven Rostedt
2020-08-09 15:53 ` Sasha Levin
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 06/17] ftrace: Do not let direct or IPMODIFY ftrace_ops be added to module and set trampolines Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 07/17] tracing: Remove outdated comment in stack handling Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 09/17] tracepoint: Mark __tracepoint_strings __used Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 10/17] tracepoint: Use __used attribute definitions from compiler_attributes.h Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 11/17] ftrace: Fix ftrace_trace_task return value Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 12/17] kprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference at kprobe_ftrace_handler Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 13/17] tracing/uprobe: Remove dead code in trace_uprobe_register() Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 14/17] kprobes: Remove show_registers() function prototype Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 15/17] lib/bootconfig: Add override operator support Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:57 ` [for-linus][PATCH 16/17] tools/bootconfig: Add testcases for value override operator Steven Rostedt
2020-08-04 20:58 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
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