linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/9] ABI: sysfs-module: better document module name parameter

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Message-Id: <dc60b13a593ee3f95fa437da7a7f3d066b7b61d3.1631112725.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed,  8 Sep 2021 16:58:52 +0200
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] ABI: sysfs-module: better document module name parameter

On almost all ABI documents, variable arguments are declared
as <foo_bar>. Change it here too, in order to allow replacing
such wildcards by regexes on a scriptable way.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module
index 6272ae5fb366..c60c7a6f5aff 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ What:		/sys/module
 Description:
 	The /sys/module tree consists of the following structure:
 
-	/sys/module/MODULENAME
+	/sys/module/<MODULENAME>
 		The name of the module that is in the kernel.  This
 		module name will always show up if the module is loaded as a
 		dynamic module.  If it is built directly into the kernel, it
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description:
 		Note: The conditions of creation in the built-in case are not
 		by design and may be removed in the future.
 
-	/sys/module/MODULENAME/parameters
+	/sys/module/<MODULENAME>/parameters
 		This directory contains individual files that are each
 		individual parameters of the module that are able to be
 		changed at runtime.  See the individual module
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ Description:
 		individual driver documentation for details as to the
 		stability of the different parameters.
 
-	/sys/module/MODULENAME/refcnt
+	/sys/module/<MODULENAME>/refcnt
 		If the module is able to be unloaded from the kernel, this file
 		will contain the current reference count of the module.
 
 		Note: If the module is built into the kernel, or if the
 		CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD kernel configuration value is not enabled,
 		this file will not be present.
+
+	/sys/module/<MODULENAME>/srcversion
+		If the module source has MODULE_VERSION, this file will contain
+		the version of the source code.
-- 
2.31.1