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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-06-30 15:27:32 -0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-06-30 15:27:32 -0300
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core
To pick up fixes. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -45,15 +45,18 @@ blkdev
The block device to use. Most of the time, it is a partition of block device.
It's required for pstore/blk. It is also used for MTD device.
-It accepts the following variants for block device:
+When pstore/blk is built as a module, "blkdev" accepts the following variants:
-1. <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal represents itself; no
- leading 0x, for example b302.
-#. /dev/<disk_name> represents the device number of disk
+1. /dev/<disk_name> represents the device number of disk
#. /dev/<disk_name><decimal> represents the device number of partition - device
number of disk plus the partition number
#. /dev/<disk_name>p<decimal> - same as the above; this form is used when disk
name of partitioned disk ends with a digit.
+
+When pstore/blk is built into the kernel, "blkdev" accepts the following variants:
+
+#. <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal representation,
+ with no leading 0x, for example b302.
#. PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF represents the unique id of
a partition if the partition table provides it. The UUID may be either an
EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP,
@@ -227,8 +230,5 @@ For developer reference, here are all the important structures and APIs:
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pstore_zone.h
:internal:
-.. kernel-doc:: fs/pstore/blk.c
- :internal:
-
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pstore_blk.h
:internal: