>From 2ef84ff3187633a3156c3a967c1dfc294292e492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Gouders <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:51:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] printk.c: comments should refer to /proc/vmcore instead of
/proc/vmcoreinfo
In one of those comments a typo was fixed, too.
Signed-off-by: Dirk Gouders <[email protected]>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index b4e8500..694d1f9 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -705,9 +705,9 @@ const struct file_operations kmsg_fops = {
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
/*
- * This appends the listed symbols to /proc/vmcoreinfo
+ * This appends the listed symbols to /proc/vmcore
*
- * /proc/vmcoreinfo is used by various utiilties, like crash and makedumpfile to
+ * /proc/vmcore is used by various utilities, like crash and makedumpfile to
* obtain access to symbols that are otherwise very difficult to locate. These
* symbols are specifically used so that utilities can access and extract the
* dmesg log from a vmcore file after a crash.
--
1.8.3.2
On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 14:15 +0200, Dirk Gouders wrote:
> Hello Joe,
>
> when having a look at printk.c, I noticed that two comments refer
> to /proc/vmcoreinfo and I wonder if that should not read /proc/vmcore.
>
> While at it, a typo in one of those coments could also be fixed.
Hi Dirk.
Thanks and yes this is sensible.
Adding Andrew Morton to cc's and resending as plain-text
>From 2ef84ff3187633a3156c3a967c1dfc294292e492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Gouders <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:51:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] printk.c: comments should refer to /proc/vmcore instead of
/proc/vmcoreinfo
In one of those comments a typo was fixed, too.
Signed-off-by: Dirk Gouders <[email protected]>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index b4e8500..694d1f9 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -705,9 +705,9 @@ const struct file_operations kmsg_fops = {
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
/*
- * This appends the listed symbols to /proc/vmcoreinfo
+ * This appends the listed symbols to /proc/vmcore
*
- * /proc/vmcoreinfo is used by various utiilties, like crash and makedumpfile to
+ * /proc/vmcore is used by various utilities, like crash and makedumpfile to
* obtain access to symbols that are otherwise very difficult to locate. These
* symbols are specifically used so that utilities can access and extract the
* dmesg log from a vmcore file after a crash.
--
1.8.3.2