Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct bitmap function
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Aug 17 2023 - 13:19:36 EST
On 8/17/23 07:04, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The parser of the CPU lists is bitmap_parselist() that supports
> special notations with the plain numbers. bitmap_parse() never
> supported those and will fail in case one will try it.
>
> Fixes: b18def121f07 ("bitmap_parse: Support 'all' semantics")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> index 073f73880edf..102937bc8443 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The special case-tolerant group name "all" has a meaning of selecting all CPUs,
> so that "nohz_full=all" is the equivalent of "nohz_full=0-N".
>
> The semantics of "N" and "all" is supported on a level of bitmaps and holds for
> -all users of bitmap_parse().
> +all users of bitmap_parselist().
>
> This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
> "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
--
~Randy