linux-kernel - [PATCH] scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh update usage to show vmlinux is mandatory

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Message-ID: <20260112091057.2119227-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:10:36 +0800
From: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@...il.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>,
	Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>,
	Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>,
	Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh update usage to show vmlinux is mandatory

The script currently errors out if vmlinux is not provided, but the
usage string implies it is optional. Remove the square brackets to
correctly indicate that <vmlinux> is a required argument.

Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@...il.com>
---
 scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh b/scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh
index 8d01b741de62..83478a42d749 100755
--- a/scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh
+++ b/scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 usage() {
 	echo "Usage:"
 	echo "	$0 -r <release>"
-	echo "	$0 [<vmlinux> [<base_path>|auto [<modules_path>]]]"
+	echo "	$0 <vmlinux> [<base_path>|auto [<modules_path>]]"
 	echo "	$0 -h"
 }
 
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