From f15dbe8a94b6e3768b10e10bf8ab95b28682db80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Sielicki Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 03:00:10 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen --- 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().