Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751811AbaFFSFe (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:05:34 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48271 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750773AbaFFSFc (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:05:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:04:50 -0400 From: Vivek Goyal To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Cc: WANG Chao , Linux Kernel , kexec@lists.infradead.org, "Eric W. Biederman" , "H. Peter Anvin" , mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , Borislav Petkov , Jiri Kosina , dyoung@redhat.com, bhe@redhat.com, Andrew Morton , Linux API Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13][V3] kexec: A new system call to allow in kernel loading Message-ID: <20140606180450.GI1526@redhat.com> References: <1401800822-27425-1-git-send-email-vgoyal@redhat.com> <20140603131203.GA23395@redhat.com> <20140604092214.GA17528@dhcp-17-89.nay.redhat.com> <20140604175031.GA4406@redhat.com> <20140605140416.GB17389@redhat.com> <5391556D.6090204@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5391556D.6090204@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 07:45:17AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On 06/05/2014 04:04 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 09:39:10PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > >> Vivek, > >> > >> As per Documentation/SubmitChecklist , please CC linux-api@ on patces > >> that change the ABI/API. See > >> https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-api-ml.html. > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > Sorry, I did not notice that. I will CC linux-api@ in next version of > > patches in patches which introduce new systemcal.. > > > >> > >> Also, is there some draft man page for this new system call? > > > > No, there is none yet. In fact I don't see a man page for old kexec > > system call either kexec_load(). > > Is this not what you are meaning: > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/kexec_load.2.html > ? > (It probably could be improved...) Yep. I missed it. > > > Do you want me to write man page for this new syscall? > > These days, that's considered a desirable accompaniment to new > syscall proposals. Ok, I will write one for kexec_file_load() too. Or extend the existing one to include both syscalls. Thanks Vivek -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/