Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] doc: update kpt_restrict documentation

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On 12/18/2017 02:29 PM, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Recently the behaviour of printk specifier %pK was changed. The
> documentation does not currently mirror this.
> 
> Update documentation for sysctl kpt_restrict.

Fix subject and here ............ ^^^^^^^^^^^^.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> index 63663039acb7..412314eebda6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> @@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ kptr_restrict:
>  This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on
>  exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces.
>  
> -When kptr_restrict is set to (0), the default, there are no restrictions.
> +When kptr_restrict is set to 0 (the default) the address is hashed before
> +printing. (This is the equivalent to %p.)
>  
>  When kptr_restrict is set to (1), kernel pointers printed using the %pK
>  format specifier will be replaced with 0's unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG
> 


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~Randy
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