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| author | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2026-08-26 17:55:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2026-08-31 10:06:35 +0200 |
| commit | cd9cbd151573a6170f0a8f0fc97e3834e35012c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 2b916086570186f1d53490718bad99d87a308654 | |
| parent | 6b7262392ad6b4d61d7dbf3b8dc8fbe946ac51ba (diff) | |
binfmt_misc: document the field delimiter
Document the field delimiter.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260826-work-binfmt_misc-delim-v1-3-43618adf8599@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Farid Zakaria <farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst index d26b63a27c25..9e84b877d06d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ To actually register a new binary type, you have to set up a string looking like ``:name:type:offset:magic:mask:interpreter:flags`` (where you can choose the ``:`` upon your needs) and echo it to ``/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register``. +The first character of the string is its field delimiter and can be any +ASCII punctuation character other than the backslash ``\``. + Here is what the fields mean: - ``name`` |