Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] Documentation: bootchooser: add information about attempts_locked

[Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 05:06:56PM +0200, Lars Schmidt wrote:
> The new attempts_locked variable does have influence on
> remaining_attempts counter.
> 
> While at it, also make mention in the bootstate.dtsi.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lars Schmidt <l.schmidt@pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm/dts/bootstate.dtsi        |  5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst b/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst
> index 351e1d14e1ead6ba8d329c03c0bc7ed28b523df0..ab0b6c3fc895226f5aa4590944a2cd675a56d985 100644
> --- a/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst
> @@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ no remaining attempts left.
>  To prevent ending up in an unbootable system after a number of failed boot
>  attempts, there is also a built-in mechanism to reset the counters to their defaults,
>  controlled by the ``global.bootchooser.reset_attempts`` variable.
> +Alternatively, counting down the remaining attempts can be disabled by
> +locking bootchooser boot attempts.
> +This is done by defining a (32-bit) ``attempts_locked`` variable in the
> +bootstate and setting its value to ``1`` (usually from userspace).
> +
> +The variable affects all targets, is optional and its absence is
> +interpreted as ``0``, meaning that attempts are decremented normally.
> +
> +The ``attempts_locked`` value does not influence the decision on which target
> +to boot if any, only whether to decrement the attempts when booting.

This describes what it does, but not what it's good for. Could you add a
few sentences about it?

Sascha

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