linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bootconfig 3/3] doc: Add /proc/bootconfig to proc.rst

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Message-Id: <20231007105147.9e34656f36a9b3ab090ffe85@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 7 Oct 2023 10:51:47 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bootconfig 3/3] doc: Add /proc/bootconfig to proc.rst

On Thu,  5 Oct 2023 10:17:47 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:

> Add /proc/bootconfig description to Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
> 
> Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> index 5703b0e87cbe..a2c160f29632 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> @@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ files are there, and which are missing.
>   File         Content
>   ============ ===============================================================
>   apm          Advanced power management info
> + bootconfig   Kernel command line obtained from boot config,
> + 	      and, if there were kernel parameters from the
> +	      boot loader, a "# Parameters from bootloader:"
> +	      line followed by a line containing those
> +	      parameters prefixed by "# ".			(5.5)

Ditto. Curiously, in this part of the document, the tail spaces until "(5.5)"
are using tabs, but the head spaces are using whitespaces. So updated it.
I noticed that a warning message when I imported it to my bootconfig/for-next
branch.

Thank you,

>   buddyinfo    Kernel memory allocator information (see text)	(2.5)
>   bus          Directory containing bus specific information
>   cmdline      Kernel command line, both from bootloader and embedded
> -- 
> 2.40.1
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>