linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: kernel-parameters: clarify "module." parameters

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Date:   Tue, 15 Sep 2020 19:49:02 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: kernel-parameters: clarify "module."
 parameters

From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

The command-line parameters "dyndbg" and "async_probe" are not
parameters for kernel/module.c but instead they are for the
module that is being loaded. Try to make that distinction in the
help text.

OTOH, "module.sig_enforce" is handled as a parameter of kernel/module.c
so "module." is correct for it.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- lnx-59-rc5.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ lnx-59-rc5/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@
 			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
 
 	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
-	module.dyndbg[="val"]
+	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
 			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
 			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
 			for details.
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@
 	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
 			in some Intel CPUs.
 
-	module.async_probe [KNL]
+	<module>.async_probe [KNL]
 			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
 
 	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]