linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC v2 bootconfig 1/3] doc: Update /proc/cmdline documentation to include boot config

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Message-Id: <20230731233130.424913-1-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:31:28 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, adobriyan@...il.com, mhiramat@...nel.org
Cc:     arnd@...nel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com, paulmck@...nel.org,
        sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 bootconfig 1/3] doc: Update /proc/cmdline documentation to include boot config

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@...nel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
---
 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
-- 
2.40.1