linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/vsyscall: Fix documentation to reflect the default mode

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Message-ID: <87v8l26ww7.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:24:08 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/vsyscall: Fix documentation to reflect the default
 mode

Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com> writes:

> The default vsyscall mode has been updated from emulate to xonly for a
> while. Update the kernel-parameters doc to reflect that.
>
> Fixes: 625b7b7f79c6 ("x86/vsyscall: Change the default vsyscall mode to xonly")
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---
> Do documentation fixes typically get backported to stable? I haven't included
> a stable cc assuming they do not.
>
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon