From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8DDFC433E0 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:58:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEA902086A for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:58:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728442AbgHDU6r (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:58:47 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:42200 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728159AbgHDU6R (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:58:17 -0400 Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE58C22CB3; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:58:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rostedt by gandalf.local.home with local (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1k340k-006HHa-HM; Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:58:14 -0400 Message-ID: <20200804205814.412245900@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:58:00 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Masami Hiramatsu Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 17/17] Documentation: bootconfig: Add bootconfig override operator References: <20200804205743.419135730@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Masami Hiramatsu Add a sentence about bootconfig override operator (":=") to bootconfig.rst. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159482884682.126704.7198860675721719878.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst index d6b3b77a4129..a22024f9175e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst @@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ For example,:: foo = bar, baz foo = qux # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key +If you want to update the value, you must use the override operator +``:=`` explicitly. For example:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo := qux + +then, the ``qux`` is assigned to ``foo`` key. This is useful for +overriding the default value by adding (partial) custom bootconfigs +without parsing the default bootconfig. + If you want to append the value to existing key as an array member, you can use ``+=`` operator. For example:: @@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ For example, following config is NOT allowed.:: foo = value1 foo.bar = value2 # !ERROR! subkey "bar" and value "value1" can NOT co-exist + foo.bar := value2 # !ERROR! even with the override operator, this is NOT allowed. Comments -- 2.26.2