Commit f15dbe8a authored Mar 07, 2026 by Nicholas Sielicki Committed by Sami Tolvanen Mar 19, 2026

docs: symbol-namespaces: mention sysfs attribute



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>
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>

parent 3fe1dcbc

Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst

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		@@ -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().