[PATCH v5 1/3] Documentation: sysctl: Correct kexec_load_disabled

Ricardo Ribalda ribalda at chromium.org
Wed Dec 21 11:45:57 PST 2022


kexec_load_disabled affects both ``kexec_load`` and ``kexec_file_load``
syscalls. Make it explicit.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda at chromium.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 98d1b198b2b4..97394bd9d065 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -450,9 +450,10 @@ this allows system administrators to override the
 kexec_load_disabled
 ===================
 
-A toggle indicating if the ``kexec_load`` syscall has been disabled.
-This value defaults to 0 (false: ``kexec_load`` enabled), but can be
-set to 1 (true: ``kexec_load`` disabled).
+A toggle indicating if the syscalls ``kexec_load`` and
+``kexec_file_load`` have been disabled.
+This value defaults to 0 (false: ``kexec_*load`` enabled), but can be
+set to 1 (true: ``kexec_*load`` disabled).
 Once true, kexec can no longer be used, and the toggle cannot be set
 back to false.
 This allows a kexec image to be loaded before disabling the syscall,

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