linux-kernel - Re: Some kernel module options not showing up in modinfo

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Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:34:54 +0100
From:	Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@...ian.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Some kernel module options not showing up in modinfo

Hi,

On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@...ian.org> writes:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I noticed that some options are not visible in the modinfo output. For
> > instance "modinfo lockd" reports this on my Debian sid system:
[...]
> > Multiple other options are defined by way of module_param_call(...) like
> > nlm_grace_period, nlm_timeout, nlm_updport, nlm_tcpport.
> 
> Yes, the module_param() macro adds a type description.  The
> module_param_call() does not.

Couldn't they be displayed without any type or with a type "unknown" ?

parm: nlm_grace_period

or 

parm: nlm_grace_period:unknown

Cheers,
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