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

From: Google
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 21:03:02 EST


On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:31:28 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@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>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!

> ---
> 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
>


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