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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 bootconfig 1/3] doc: Update /proc/cmdline
 documentation to include boot config
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To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
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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>

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