[PATCH 3/3] binfmt_misc: document the field delimiter

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 11:58:45 EST


Document the field delimiter.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst
index d26b63a27c25..9e84b877d06d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ To actually register a new binary type, you have to set up a string looking like
``:name:type:offset:magic:mask:interpreter:flags`` (where you can choose the
``:`` upon your needs) and echo it to ``/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register``.

+The first character of the string is its field delimiter and can be any
+ASCII punctuation character other than the backslash ``\``.
+
Here is what the fields mean:

- ``name``

--
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