linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs: ABI: sysfs-module: list all taint flags

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Message-ID: <20251015221348.1125295-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:13:48 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
	linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] docs: ABI: sysfs-module: list all taint flags

The list of module taint flags has not been updated lately as the
taint flags list grows. Instead of trying to keep multiple lists
updated, just refer to the list of kernel taint flags since they are
the same.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
---
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
Cc: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module        |   10 ++--------
 Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20251014.orig/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
+++ linux-next-20251014/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
@@ -52,14 +52,8 @@ What:		/sys/module/*/taint
 Date:		Jan 2012
 KernelVersion:	3.3
 Contact:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
-Description:	Module taint flags:
-			==  =====================
-			P   proprietary module
-			O   out-of-tree module
-			F   force-loaded module
-			C   staging driver module
-			E   unsigned module
-			==  =====================
+Description:	Module taint flags: same as the kernel taint flags.
+		See: :ref:`taint_flags` in Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
 
 What:		/sys/module/grant_table/parameters/free_per_iteration
 Date:		July 2023
--- linux-next-20251014.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
+++ linux-next-20251014/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ which bits are set::
 
 	$ for i in $(seq 18); do echo $(($i-1)) $(($(cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted)>>($i-1)&1));done
 
+.. _taint_flags:
+
 Table for decoding tainted state
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~