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Message-ID: <20221202224744.1447448-4-allenwebb@google.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 16:47:43 -0600
From: Allen Webb <allenwebb@...gle.com>
To: "linux-modules@...r.kernel.org" <linux-modules@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
Allen Webb <allenwebb@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 4/5] docs: Add entry for /sys/module/*/modalias
Update the documentation to include the modalias sysfs attribute for
modules.
Signed-off-by: Allen Webb <allenwebb@...gle.com>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
index 08886367d0470..1244a0e8d133e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ Contact: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Description: Show the initialization state(live, coming, going) of
the module.
+What: /sys/module/*/modalias
+Date: Nov 2022
+KernelVersion: 6.2
+Contact: Allen Webb <allenwebb@...gle.com>
+Description: Module match-id-based modaliases
+
+ These match against MODALIAS values included in the uevent of
+ devices when they are created. The attribute is implemented for
+ subsystems with the authorized attribute such as USB so
+ userspace can make authorization decisions based on which
+ modules match the device.
+
What: /sys/module/*/taint
Date: Jan 2012
KernelVersion: 3.3
--
2.37.3
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