linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs: ABI: sysfs-module: update modules taint flags

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Message-ID: <20251102060458.517911-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Date: Sat,  1 Nov 2025 23:04:57 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
	linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] docs: ABI: sysfs-module: update modules taint flags

Add missing taint flags for loadable modules, as pointed out by
Petr Pavlu [1].

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c58152f1-0fbe-4f50-bb61-e2f4c0584025@suse.com/
---
Cc: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
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: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- linux-next-20251031.orig/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
+++ linux-next-20251031/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Description:	Module taint flags:
 			F   force-loaded module
 			C   staging driver module
 			E   unsigned module
+			K   livepatch module
+			N   in-kernel test module
 			==  =====================
 
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