linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct bitmap function

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:18:35 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct
 bitmap function



On 8/17/23 07:04, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The parser of the CPU lists is bitmap_parselist() that supports
> special notations with the plain numbers. bitmap_parse() never
> supported those and will fail in case one will try it.
> 
> Fixes: b18def121f07 ("bitmap_parse: Support 'all' semantics")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> index 073f73880edf..102937bc8443 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The special case-tolerant group name "all" has a meaning of selecting all CPUs,
>  so that "nohz_full=all" is the equivalent of "nohz_full=0-N".
>  
>  The semantics of "N" and "all" is supported on a level of bitmaps and holds for
> -all users of bitmap_parse().
> +all users of bitmap_parselist().
>  
>  This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
>  "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable

-- 
~Randy