On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 17:54:07 +0200 Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> wrote:
> It should say what that <integer> range is and what that integer value > means. I had to look at the code... > > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > index 9a84483db403..c14cd2645c1f 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -3887,6 +3887,12 @@ > [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. > Format: <integer> > > + A non-null value "instructs" the soft-lockup detector > + to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This > + is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC > + which is the respective build-time switch to that > + functionality. So I hate to be fussy. (OK, perhaps I like it, but I'll act reluctant anyway...:) If it's an integer value, how can it be null? Can we say "a non-zero value" instead? I'd take out the quotes too, but that's extra credit... Thanks, jon
