linux-kernel - [PATCH] lib/Kconfig.debug: document panic= command line option for PANIC

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Date: Wed,  5 Jun 2024 13:47:35 -0400
From: Brian Masney <bmasney@...hat.com>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	javierm@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH] lib/Kconfig.debug: document panic= command line option for PANIC_TIMEOUT

PANIC_TIMEOUT can also be controlled with the panic= kernel command line
option, so let's reference it in the Kconfig help. This option is already
documented in kernel-parameters.txt.

Signed-off-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@...hat.com>
---
 lib/Kconfig.debug | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 59b6765d86b8..a6eb7425b888 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ config PANIC_TIMEOUT
 	  Set the timeout value (in seconds) until a reboot occurs when
 	  the kernel panics. If n = 0, then we wait forever. A timeout
 	  value n > 0 will wait n seconds before rebooting, while a timeout
-	  value n < 0 will reboot immediately.
+	  value n < 0 will reboot immediately. The kernel command line
+	  option panic= may be used to override this option.
 
 config LOCKUP_DETECTOR
 	bool
-- 
2.45.1