[PATCH v2 2/2] docs: symbol-namespaces: mention sysfs attribute

Nicholas Sielicki posted 2 patches 1 month ago
[PATCH v2 2/2] docs: symbol-namespaces: mention sysfs attribute
Posted by Nicholas Sielicki 1 month ago
Reference the new /sys/module/*/import_ns sysfs attribute in docs as an
alternative to modinfo for inspecting imported namespaces of loaded
modules.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Sielicki <linux@opensource.nslick.com>
---
 Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
index 034898e81ba2..2304d5bffcce 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ inspected with modinfo::
 	import_ns:      USB_STORAGE
 	[...]
 
+For modules that are currently loaded, imported namespaces are also available
+via sysfs::
+
+	$ cat /sys/module/ums_karma/import_ns
+	USB_STORAGE
 
 It is advisable to add the MODULE_IMPORT_NS() statement close to other module
 metadata definitions like MODULE_AUTHOR() or MODULE_LICENSE().
-- 
2.53.0