Re: [PATCH] x86/vsyscall: Fix documentation to reflect the default mode

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Sat Jan 21 2023 - 11:58:30 EST




On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, at 1:24 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The default vsyscall mode has been updated from emulate to xonly for a
>> while. Update the kernel-parameters doc to reflect that.
>>
>> Fixes: 625b7b7f79c6 ("x86/vsyscall: Change the default vsyscall mode to xonly")
>> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Do documentation fixes typically get backported to stable? I haven't included
>> a stable cc assuming they do not.
>>
>> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++----
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> Applied, thanks.

Belated ack! Sohil, thanks for the fix.

>
> jon