From: Randy Dunlap Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 01:24:09 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Documentation: mount_api: change kernel log wording X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=263b6a5b96a3c35aa025e2a3e8d2a0698cb5af36;p=linux.git Documentation: mount_api: change kernel log wording Change wording to say that messages are logged to the kernel log buffer instead of to dmesg. dmesg is just one program that can print the kernel log buffer. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: David Howells Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Alexander Viro Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201202012409.19194-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst index d7f53d62b5bb2..eb358a00be279 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ process the parameters it is given. should just be set to lie inside the low-to-high range. If all is good, true is returned. If the table is invalid, errors are - logged to dmesg and false is returned. + logged to the kernel log buffer and false is returned. * :: @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ process the parameters it is given. This performs some validation checks on a parameter description. It returns true if the description is good and false if it is not. It will - log errors to dmesg if validation fails. + log errors to the kernel log buffer if validation fails. * ::