linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: fix typo in retbleed= kernel parameter description

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Message-ID: <87ms4j5nfm.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:13:17 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Xie Yuanbin <qq570070308@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
 bp@...en8.de, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, pmladek@...e.com,
 paulmck@...nel.org, pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com,
 feng.tang@...ux.alibaba.com, kees@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de,
 fvdl@...gle.com, lirongqing@...du.com, bp@...e.de, jpoimboe@...nel.org,
 alexandre.chartre@...cle.com
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Xie Yuanbin
 <qq570070308@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: fix typo in retbleed=
 kernel parameter description

Xie Yuanbin <qq570070308@...il.com> writes:

> Fixes a typo in the retbleed= parameter description, changing
> "migitation" to "mitigation".
>
> Fixes: 7fbf47c7ce50 ("x86/bugs: Add AMD retbleed= boot parameter")
>
> Signed-off-by: Xie Yuanbin <qq570070308@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 7e8af24c410a..a857e42d1d48 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -6420,7 +6420,7 @@
>  			that don't.
>  
>  			off          - no mitigation
> -			auto         - automatically select a migitation
> +			auto         - automatically select a mitigation
>  			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
>  				       disabling SMT if necessary for

Applied, thanks.

jon