From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC3A8C4332F for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 21:24:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232549AbiLSVYF (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:24:05 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46638 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232135AbiLSVXx (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:23:53 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [IPv6:2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8D2413E88; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:23:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=ZJEjs4w9RjAuPcUp9a/5NnXUH1nF7wn+b5FOQZwXA1Q=; b=LEuNWkwuc2mG5+GKr6t5jDyWM8 a1Q4ERvpvwn9nUW3OzpputaUlwdvMhqPtQDxTGyMLijmcCoXb9ptMkWgFgXADoy5hOr/ya5Jjf6P7 S6jMm95LX0QasaS4uQQ32nxnAPpZU4OiE02ukOuzCxpZMNkQW04e1+vVpOSWJSaEFTfk1c6hmBIvI JVH9G27hSI1j1v2T231XGRzIM/7CGYIUgP0jLrDTb3NoiAWLZ6N3a+fZtk1nxXjc7jtILZVNmMKdm 7pwnzSvDWaJHJqdxn4BxbYXObFdefeTTccAuPnW6C6kYrIZH6jrq9vYT45jav5lcWJKyEMNJAbs8h YSqG9CeQ==; Received: from mcgrof by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1p7Nc0-003uYz-B4; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 21:23:52 +0000 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:23:52 -0800 From: Luis Chamberlain To: Allen Webb Cc: "linux-modules@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-usb@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 10/10] docs: Include modules.builtin.alias Message-ID: References: <20221219191855.2010466-1-allenwebb@google.com> <20221219204619.2205248-1-allenwebb@google.com> <20221219204619.2205248-11-allenwebb@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20221219204619.2205248-11-allenwebb@google.com> Sender: Luis Chamberlain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 02:46:18PM -0600, Allen Webb wrote: > Update the documentation to include the presense and use case of > modules.builtin.alias. > > Signed-off-by: Allen Webb > --- > Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > index 08f575e6236c..1c7c02040a54 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ modules.builtin > This file lists all modules that are built into the kernel. This is used > by modprobe to not fail when trying to load something builtin. > > +modules.builtin.alias > +--------------------- > +This file lists all match-id based aliases for modules built into the kernel. > +These are intended to enable userspace to make authorization decisions based > +on which modules are likely to be bound to a device after it is authorized. What is an example? This sounds obscure. Luis