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Subject[PATCH v1 1/1] docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct bitmap function
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The parser of the CPU lists is bitmap_parselist() that supports
special notations with the plain numbers. bitmap_parse() never
supported those and will fail in case one will try it.

Fixes: b18def121f07 ("bitmap_parse: Support 'all' semantics")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
index 073f73880edf..102937bc8443 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The special case-tolerant group name "all" has a meaning of selecting all CPUs,
so that "nohz_full=all" is the equivalent of "nohz_full=0-N".

The semantics of "N" and "all" is supported on a level of bitmaps and holds for
-all users of bitmap_parse().
+all users of bitmap_parselist().

This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
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2.40.0.1.gaa8946217a0b
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