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

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 19:31:46 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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
--
2.40.1