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s390/debug: Update description of resize operation

With commit 1204777867e8 ("s390/debug: keep debug data on resize")
the behavior of a debug area resize operation was changed. Update the
associated documentation to reflect this change.

Fixes: 1204777867e8 ("s390/debug: keep debug data on resize")
Reported-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>

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Peter Oberparleiter and committed by
Heiko Carstens
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Documentation/arch/s390/s390dbf.rst
··· 243 243 244 244 Changing the size of debug areas 245 245 ------------------------------------ 246 - It is possible the change the size of debug areas through piping 247 - the number of pages to the debugfs file "pages". The resize request will 248 - also flush the debug areas. 246 + To resize a debug area, write the desired page count to the "pages" file. 247 + Existing data is preserved if it fits; otherwise, oldest entries are dropped. 249 248 250 249 Example: 251 250