linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] reboot: Fix variable assignments in type

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:18:26 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Matteo Croce <mcroce@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reboot: Fix variable assignments in type_store

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 01:20:29 +0100 Matteo Croce <mcroce@...ux.microsoft.com> wrote:

> While writing the script I found that in the documentation I left for
> 'type' the values from
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt, which is 'pci' for
> cf9_force reboot.
> While at it, should we update the doc with the values 'cf9_force' and
> 'cf9_safe', or rename to 'pci' and 'pci_safe' to be coherent with the
> kernel cmdline?

I looked at Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt's "reboot="
section and decided that I don't understand your above words :( Can you
please expand on all of this?  Simple akpm-compatible words ;)

> In any case, kernel-parameters.txt doesn't mention that reboot=q does
> the 'cf9_safe' reboot type, so it must be fixed anyway.

Thanks for noticing.