Re: [PATCH RFC v2 bootconfig 1/3] doc: Update /proc/cmdline documentation to include boot config

Paul E. McKenney
2023-08-01T04:01:14Z

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 07:00:22PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 7/31/23 16:31, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Update the /proc/cmdline documentation to explicitly state that this
> > file provides kernel boot parameters obtained via boot config from the
> > kernel image as well as those supplied by the boot loader.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> > Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
>
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

Thank you both! I will apply these on my next rebase.

Thanx, Paul

> Thanks.
>
> > ---
> > Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> > index 7897a7dafcbc..75a8c899ebcc 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> > @@ -686,7 +686,8 @@ files are there, and which are missing.
> > apm Advanced power management info
> > buddyinfo Kernel memory allocator information (see text) (2.5)
> > bus Directory containing bus specific information
> > - cmdline Kernel command line
> > + cmdline Kernel command line, both from bootloader and embedded
> > + in the kernel image.
> > cpuinfo Info about the CPU
> > devices Available devices (block and character)
> > dma Used DMS channels
>
> --
> ~Randy