debugfs: fix error when writing negative value to atomic_t debugfs file

[platform/kernel/linux-rpi.git] / Documentation / fault-injection / fault-injection.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst
index 4a25c5e..8c47847 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst
+++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ configuration of fault-injection capabilities.
 - /sys/kernel/debug/fail*/times:
 
        specifies how many times failures may happen at most. A value of -1
-       means "no limit". Note, though, that this file only accepts unsigned
-       values. So, if you want to specify -1, you better use 'printf' instead
-       of 'echo', e.g.: $ printf %#x -1 > times
+       means "no limit".
 
 - /sys/kernel/debug/fail*/space:
 
@@ -277,7 +275,7 @@ Application Examples
     echo Y > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter
     echo 10 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/probability
     echo 100 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/interval
-    printf %#x -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
+    echo -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
     echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/space
     echo 2 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose
     echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/ignore-gfp-wait
@@ -331,7 +329,7 @@ Application Examples
     echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter
     echo 10 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/probability
     echo 100 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/interval
-    printf %#x -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
+    echo -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
     echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/space
     echo 2 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose
     echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/ignore-gfp-wait
@@ -362,7 +360,7 @@ Application Examples
     echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter
     echo 100 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/probability
     echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/interval
-    printf %#x -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
+    echo -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
     echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/space
     echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose