Re: [PATCH] proc.5: Clarify that boot arguments can be embedded in image

Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> · Sat, 8 Jul 2023 19:19:02 +0200

Hi Paul!

On 7/5/23 22:33, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 09:59:32PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:33:28 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

With the advent of the CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG Kconfig option, kernel boot
arguments can now be embedded in the kernel image, either attached
to the end of initramfs or embedded in the kernel itself.  Document
this possibility in the /proc/cmdline entry of proc.5.

Thanks for update!

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks for the review!  Tag added.

Thank you, Masami!

Adding Alejandro and linux-man on CC.

							Thanx, Paul

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks!  Patch applied.

Cheers,
Alex

diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index c6684620e..141a2983c 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -3100,6 +3100,9 @@ Often done via a boot manager such as
  .BR lilo (8)
  or
  .BR grub (8).
+Any arguments embedded in the kernel image or initramfs via
+.B CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG
+will also be displayed.
  .TP
  .IR /proc/config.gz " (since Linux 2.6)"
  This file exposes the configuration options that were used


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