[PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Kay Sievers]

From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Subject: modules: sysfs - export taint, address, size

Recent tools do not use /proc to retrieve module information. A few values
are currently missing from sysfs.

Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
---
 kernel/module.c |   89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -849,6 +849,26 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static size_t module_flags_taint(struct module *mod, char *buf)
+{
+	size_t l = 0;
+
+	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
+		buf[l++] = 'P';
+	else if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE))
+		buf[l++] = 'O';
+	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
+		buf[l++] = 'F';
+	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))
+		buf[l++] = 'C';
+	/*
+	 * TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added.
+	 * TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't
+	 * apply to modules.
+	 */
+	return l;
+}
+
 static inline void print_unload_info(struct seq_file *m, struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct module_use *use;
@@ -907,10 +927,8 @@ static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mk->mod));
 }
 
-static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
-	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444 },
-	.show = show_refcnt,
-};
+static struct module_attribute refcnt =
+	__ATTR(refcnt, 0444, show_refcnt, NULL);
 
 void module_put(struct module *module)
 {
@@ -970,10 +988,8 @@ static ssize_t show_initstate(struct mod
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", state);
 }
 
-static struct module_attribute initstate = {
-	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444 },
-	.show = show_initstate,
-};
+static struct module_attribute module_initstate =
+	__ATTR(initstate, 0444, show_initstate, NULL);
 
 static ssize_t store_uevent(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 			    struct module_kobject *mk,
@@ -986,16 +1002,48 @@ static ssize_t store_uevent(struct modul
 	return count;
 }
 
-struct module_attribute module_uevent = {
-	.attr = { .name = "uevent", .mode = 0200 },
-	.store = store_uevent,
-};
+struct module_attribute module_uevent =
+	__ATTR(uevent, 0200, NULL, store_uevent);
+
+static ssize_t show_address(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+			    struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
+{
+	return sprintf(buffer, "0x%pK\n", mk->mod->module_core);
+}
+
+struct module_attribute module_address =
+	__ATTR(address, 0444, show_address, NULL);
+
+static ssize_t show_size(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+			struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
+{
+	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", mk->mod->init_size + mk->mod->core_size);
+}
+
+struct module_attribute module_size =
+	__ATTR(size, 0444, show_size, NULL);
+
+static ssize_t show_taint(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+			  struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
+{
+	size_t l;
+
+	l = module_flags_taint(mk->mod, buffer);
+	buffer[l++] = '\n';
+	return l;
+}
+
+struct module_attribute module_taint =
+	__ATTR(taint, 0444, show_taint, NULL);
 
 static struct module_attribute *modinfo_attrs[] = {
 	&modinfo_version,
 	&modinfo_srcversion,
-	&initstate,
+	&module_initstate,
 	&module_uevent,
+	&module_address,
+	&module_size,
+	&module_taint,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
 	&refcnt,
 #endif
@@ -3256,20 +3304,7 @@ static char *module_flags(struct module
 	    mod->state == MODULE_STATE_GOING ||
 	    mod->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING) {
 		buf[bx++] = '(';
-		if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
-			buf[bx++] = 'P';
-		else if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE))
-			buf[bx++] = 'O';
-		if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
-			buf[bx++] = 'F';
-		if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))
-			buf[bx++] = 'C';
-		/*
-		 * TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added.
-		 * TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't
-		 * apply to modules.
-		 */
-
+		bx += module_flags_taint(mod, buf + bx);
 		/* Show a - for module-is-being-unloaded */
 		if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_GOING)
 			buf[bx++] = '-';

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Rusty Russell]

On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:44:36 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> Subject: modules: sysfs - export taint, address, size
> 
> Recent tools do not use /proc to retrieve module information. A few values
> are currently missing from sysfs.

Well, strace says lsmod still does.  Is libkmod doing something
different?  Should we be deprecating /proc/modules?

> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |   89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -849,6 +849,26 @@ out:
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static size_t module_flags_taint(struct module *mod, char *buf)
> +{
> +	size_t l = 0;
> +
> +	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
> +		buf[l++] = 'P';
> +	else if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE))
> +		buf[l++] = 'O';
> +	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
> +		buf[l++] = 'F';
> +	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))
> +		buf[l++] = 'C';
> +	/*
> +	 * TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added.
> +	 * TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't
> +	 * apply to modules.
> +	 */
> +	return l;
> +}

The else here is weird.  Shouldn't we leave the exclusion elsewhere?

> +static ssize_t show_address(struct module_attribute *mattr,
> +			    struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buffer, "0x%pK\n", mk->mod->module_core);
> +}
> +
> +struct module_attribute module_address =
> +	__ATTR(address, 0444, show_address, NULL);
> +
> +static ssize_t show_size(struct module_attribute *mattr,
> +			struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", mk->mod->init_size + mk->mod->core_size);
> +}
> +
> +struct module_attribute module_size =
> +	__ATTR(size, 0444, show_size, NULL);

This copies a past mistake, and is definitely wrong.  Either expose both
pointers and sizes, or don't include init_size here.  Sure, it'll
normally be 0, but if not it's confusing...

But the bigger question is: Why are we exposing these sizes?
/proc/modules did since 2.2, or before, but that doesn't make it the
best option...

Cheers,
Rusty.

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Kay Sievers]

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 08:27, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:44:36 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:

>> Recent tools do not use /proc to retrieve module information. A few values
>> are currently missing from sysfs.
>
> Well, strace says lsmod still does.  Is libkmod doing something
> different?

Yes, kmod used /sys only.

There is current code to read the size, to provide the 'lsmod' output,
but that will be removed.

> Should we be deprecating /proc/modules?

In the longer run, yes.

We still aim for leaving everything that isn't process- or
namespace-related (which, with some stretch is always process-related)
alone, and use /sys for it.

>> +static size_t module_flags_taint(struct module *mod, char *buf)
>> +{
>> +     size_t l = 0;
>> +
>> +     if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
>> +             buf[l++] = 'P';
>> +     else if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE))
>> +             buf[l++] = 'O';
>> +     if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
>> +             buf[l++] = 'F';
>> +     if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))
>> +             buf[l++] = 'C';
>> +     /*
>> +      * TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added.
>> +      * TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't
>> +      * apply to modules.
>> +      */
>> +     return l;
>> +}
>
> The else here is weird.  Shouldn't we leave the exclusion elsewhere?

You mean the 'else if ... TAINT_OOT_MODULE'?  It's a one-to-one copy
of the current code, which just moved up a bit.

Disconnect the two flags form each other?

>> +static ssize_t show_address(struct module_attribute *mattr,
>> +                         struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
>> +{
>> +     return sprintf(buffer, "0x%pK\n", mk->mod->module_core);
>> +}
>> +
>> +struct module_attribute module_address =
>> +     __ATTR(address, 0444, show_address, NULL);
>> +
>> +static ssize_t show_size(struct module_attribute *mattr,
>> +                     struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
>> +{
>> +     return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", mk->mod->init_size + mk->mod->core_size);
>> +}
>> +
>> +struct module_attribute module_size =
>> +     __ATTR(size, 0444, show_size, NULL);
>
> This copies a past mistake, and is definitely wrong.  Either expose both
> pointers and sizes, or don't include init_size here.  Sure, it'll
> normally be 0, but if not it's confusing...

Ah, good to know, mod->init_size is 0 for all modules here, so we
should just drop mod->init_size and maybe name the 'size' attribute to
'coresize'?

> But the bigger question is: Why are we exposing these sizes?
> /proc/modules did since 2.2, or before, but that doesn't make it the
> best option...

Good question, I doubt it is too useful, it's just that 'lsmod' shows
it, so we wanted to show too.

Kay

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Nick Bowler]

On 2012-01-07 16:44 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> Subject: modules: sysfs - export taint, address, size
> 
> Recent tools do not use /proc to retrieve module information. A few values
> are currently missing from sysfs.
[...]
> @@ -907,10 +927,8 @@ static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module
>  	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mk->mod));
>  }
>  
> -static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
> -	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444 },
> -	.show = show_refcnt,
> -};
> +static struct module_attribute refcnt =
> +	__ATTR(refcnt, 0444, show_refcnt, NULL);

This change seems unrelated to the patch description, and is not
mentioned in the changelog.  Several instances of this.

[...]
>  static struct module_attribute *modinfo_attrs[] = {
>  	&modinfo_version,
>  	&modinfo_srcversion,
> -	&initstate,
> +	&module_initstate,

Another unrelated change?

>  	&module_uevent,
> +	&module_address,
> +	&module_size,
> +	&module_taint,

You've forgotten to update Documentation/ABI to describe these new
attributes.

Cheers,
-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Randy Dunlap]

On 01/09/2012 04:44 AM, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 08:27, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
>> On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:44:36 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> 
>>> Recent tools do not use /proc to retrieve module information. A few values
>>> are currently missing from sysfs.
>>
>> Well, strace says lsmod still does.  Is libkmod doing something
>> different?
> 
> Yes, kmod used /sys only.
> 
> There is current code to read the size, to provide the 'lsmod' output,
> but that will be removed.
> 
>> Should we be deprecating /proc/modules?
> 
> In the longer run, yes.

Deprecate it for udev?  OK.
what about other users of it?

> We still aim for leaving everything that isn't process- or
> namespace-related (which, with some stretch is always process-related)
> alone, and use /sys for it.


-- 
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Rusty Russell]

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:44:52 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 08:27, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
> > The else here is weird.  Shouldn't we leave the exclusion elsewhere?
> 
> You mean the 'else if ... TAINT_OOT_MODULE'?  It's a one-to-one copy
> of the current code, which just moved up a bit.
> 
> Disconnect the two flags form each other?

Yes, I think so.

> > This copies a past mistake, and is definitely wrong.  Either expose both
> > pointers and sizes, or don't include init_size here.  Sure, it'll
> > normally be 0, but if not it's confusing...
> 
> Ah, good to know, mod->init_size is 0 for all modules here, so we
> should just drop mod->init_size and maybe name the 'size' attribute to
> 'coresize'?

If a module is still initializing, mod->init_size may well be non-zero.
Let's rename it to coresize, and add initsize.

> > But the bigger question is: Why are we exposing these sizes?
> > /proc/modules did since 2.2, or before, but that doesn't make it the
> > best option...
> 
> Good question, I doubt it is too useful, it's just that 'lsmod' shows
> it, so we wanted to show too.

And breaking lsmod output might kill some scripts.  So it stays.

Let's drop the address stuff though.

We can actually do something more radical: we could change the kernel to
call modprobe to resolve unresolved symbols.  We already support
symbol:<symbol> for symbol_request().

This means that modprobe still needs to maintain a sym->mod mapping
(though I would argue depmod should be moved into the kernel source),
but not any dependency mapping.

Thanks,
Rusty.

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 04:44:36PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> Subject: modules: sysfs - export taint, address, size
> 
> Recent tools do not use /proc to retrieve module information. A few values
> are currently missing from sysfs.
> 
> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |   89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------

You forgot the Documentation/ABI/ update as well :)

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Kay Sievers]

On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 09:14 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:44:52 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 08:27, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
> > > The else here is weird.  Shouldn't we leave the exclusion elsewhere?
> > 
> > You mean the 'else if ... TAINT_OOT_MODULE'?  It's a one-to-one copy
> > of the current code, which just moved up a bit.
> > 
> > Disconnect the two flags form each other?
> 
> Yes, I think so.
> 
> > > This copies a past mistake, and is definitely wrong.  Either expose both
> > > pointers and sizes, or don't include init_size here.  Sure, it'll
> > > normally be 0, but if not it's confusing...
> > 
> > Ah, good to know, mod->init_size is 0 for all modules here, so we
> > should just drop mod->init_size and maybe name the 'size' attribute to
> > 'coresize'?
> 
> If a module is still initializing, mod->init_size may well be non-zero.
> Let's rename it to coresize, and add initsize.
> 
> > > But the bigger question is: Why are we exposing these sizes?
> > > /proc/modules did since 2.2, or before, but that doesn't make it the
> > > best option...
> > 
> > Good question, I doubt it is too useful, it's just that 'lsmod' shows
> > it, so we wanted to show too.
> 
> And breaking lsmod output might kill some scripts.  So it stays.
> 
> Let's drop the address stuff though.

From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Subject: modules: sysfs - export: taint, coresize, initsize

Recent tools do not want to use /proc to retrieve module information. A few
values are currently missing from sysfs to replace the information available
in /proc/modules.

This adds /sys/module/*/{coresize,initsize,taint} attributes.

TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE (P) and TAINT_OOT_MODULE (O) flags are both always
shown now, and do no longer exclude each other, also in /proc/modules.

Replace the open-coded sysfs attribute initializers with the __ATTR() macro.

Add the new attributes to Documentation/ABI.

Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module |   16 +++++
 kernel/module.c                        |   93 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
@@ -33,3 +33,19 @@ Description:	Maximum time allowed for pe
 		Beware, non-standard modes are usually not thoroughly tested by
 		hardware designers, and the hardware can malfunction when this
 		setting differ from default 100.
+
+What:		/sys/module/*/{coresize,initsize}
+Date:		Jan 2012
+KernelVersion:»·3.3
+Contact:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
+Description:	Module size in bytes.
+
+What:		/sys/module/*/taint
+Date:		Jan 2012
+KernelVersion:»·3.3
+Contact:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
+Description:	Module taint flags:
+			P - proprietary module
+			O - out-of-tree module
+			F - force-loaded module
+			C - staging driver module
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -849,6 +849,26 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static size_t module_flags_taint(struct module *mod, char *buf)
+{
+	size_t l = 0;
+
+	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
+		buf[l++] = 'P';
+	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE))
+		buf[l++] = 'O';
+	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
+		buf[l++] = 'F';
+	if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))
+		buf[l++] = 'C';
+	/*
+	 * TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added.
+	 * TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't
+	 * apply to modules.
+	 */
+	return l;
+}
+
 static inline void print_unload_info(struct seq_file *m, struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct module_use *use;
@@ -907,10 +927,8 @@ static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mk->mod));
 }
 
-static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
-	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444 },
-	.show = show_refcnt,
-};
+static struct module_attribute modinfo_refcnt =
+	__ATTR(refcnt, 0444, show_refcnt, NULL);
 
 void module_put(struct module *module)
 {
@@ -970,10 +988,8 @@ static ssize_t show_initstate(struct mod
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", state);
 }
 
-static struct module_attribute initstate = {
-	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444 },
-	.show = show_initstate,
-};
+static struct module_attribute modinfo_initstate =
+	__ATTR(initstate, 0444, show_initstate, NULL);
 
 static ssize_t store_uevent(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 			    struct module_kobject *mk,
@@ -986,18 +1002,50 @@ static ssize_t store_uevent(struct modul
 	return count;
 }
 
-struct module_attribute module_uevent = {
-	.attr = { .name = "uevent", .mode = 0200 },
-	.store = store_uevent,
-};
+struct module_attribute module_uevent =
+	__ATTR(uevent, 0200, NULL, store_uevent);
+
+static ssize_t show_coresize(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+			     struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
+{
+	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", mk->mod->core_size);
+}
+
+static struct module_attribute modinfo_coresize =
+	__ATTR(coresize, 0444, show_coresize, NULL);
+
+static ssize_t show_initsize(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+			     struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
+{
+	return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", mk->mod->init_size);
+}
+
+static struct module_attribute modinfo_initsize =
+	__ATTR(initsize, 0444, show_initsize, NULL);
+
+static ssize_t show_taint(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+			  struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
+{
+	size_t l;
+
+	l = module_flags_taint(mk->mod, buffer);
+	buffer[l++] = '\n';
+	return l;
+}
+
+static struct module_attribute modinfo_taint =
+	__ATTR(taint, 0444, show_taint, NULL);
 
 static struct module_attribute *modinfo_attrs[] = {
+	&module_uevent,
 	&modinfo_version,
 	&modinfo_srcversion,
-	&initstate,
-	&module_uevent,
+	&modinfo_initstate,
+	&modinfo_coresize,
+	&modinfo_initsize,
+	&modinfo_taint,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
-	&refcnt,
+	&modinfo_refcnt,
 #endif
 	NULL,
 };
@@ -3256,20 +3304,7 @@ static char *module_flags(struct module
 	    mod->state == MODULE_STATE_GOING ||
 	    mod->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING) {
 		buf[bx++] = '(';
-		if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
-			buf[bx++] = 'P';
-		else if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE))
-			buf[bx++] = 'O';
-		if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
-			buf[bx++] = 'F';
-		if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))
-			buf[bx++] = 'C';
-		/*
-		 * TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added.
-		 * TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't
-		 * apply to modules.
-		 */
-
+		bx += module_flags_taint(mod, buf + bx);
 		/* Show a - for module-is-being-unloaded */
 		if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_GOING)
 			buf[bx++] = '-';

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Rusty Russell]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:47:43 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> Subject: modules: sysfs - export: taint, coresize, initsize
> 
> Recent tools do not want to use /proc to retrieve module information. A few
> values are currently missing from sysfs to replace the information available
> in /proc/modules.
> 
> This adds /sys/module/*/{coresize,initsize,taint} attributes.
> 
> TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE (P) and TAINT_OOT_MODULE (O) flags are both always
> shown now, and do no longer exclude each other, also in /proc/modules.
> 
> Replace the open-coded sysfs attribute initializers with the __ATTR() macro.
> 
> Add the new attributes to Documentation/ABI.
> 
> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>

Thanks, applied.

Cheers,
Rusty.
PS.  You could have split this into four separate patches, like the
     pedants wanted, and got more gititude!
PPS.  I'm so glad you didn't.

Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size

[Lucas De Marchi]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:47:43 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
>> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
>> Subject: modules: sysfs - export: taint, coresize, initsize
>>
>> Recent tools do not want to use /proc to retrieve module information. A few
>> values are currently missing from sysfs to replace the information available
>> in /proc/modules.
>>
>> This adds /sys/module/*/{coresize,initsize,taint} attributes.
>>
>> TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE (P) and TAINT_OOT_MODULE (O) flags are both always
>> shown now, and do no longer exclude each other, also in /proc/modules.
>>
>> Replace the open-coded sysfs attribute initializers with the __ATTR() macro.
>>
>> Add the new attributes to Documentation/ABI.
>>
>> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
>> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
>
> Thanks, applied.
>

Nice to see this patch applied. I'll prepare the changes to kmod.

Thanks
Lucas De Marchi