The ABI files are meant to be parsed via a script (scripts/get_abi.pl). A new improvement on it will allow it to help to detect if an ABI description is missing, or if the What: field won't match the actual location of the symbol. In order for get_abi.pl to convert What: into regex, changes are needed on existing ABI files, as the conversion should not be ambiguous. One alternative would be to convert everything into regexes, but this would generate a huge amount of patches/changes. So, instead, let's touch only the ABI files that aren't following the de-facto wildcard standards already found on most of the ABI files, e. g.: /.../ * <foo> (option1|option2) X Y Z [0-9] (and variants) A couple of the patches here came from v1, but most of the patches were written to address things like rcN, where N is a wildcard. We can't teach get_abi.pl to use an uppercase "N" letter to be a wildcard, as the USB ABI already uses "N" inside some of their symbols, like bNumEndpoints. Mauro Carvalho Chehab (29): ABI: sysfs-bus-usb: better document variable argument ABI: sysfs-tty: better document module name parameter ABI: sysfs-kernel-slab: use a wildcard for the cache name ABI: security: fix location for evm and ima_policy ABI: sysfs-class-tpm: use wildcards for pcr-* nodes ABI: sysfs-bus-rapidio: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-cxl: place "not in a guest" at description ABI: sysfs-class-devfreq-event: use the right wildcards on What ABI: sysfs-class-mic: use the right wildcards on What definitions ABI: pstore: Fix What field ABI: sysfs-class-typec: fix a bad What field ABI: sysfs-ata: use a proper wildcard for ata_* ABI: sysfs-class-infiniband: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-bus-pci: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-bus-soundwire-master: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-bus-soundwire-slave: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-gnss: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-mei: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-mux: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-pwm: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-rc: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-rc-nuvoton: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-uwb_rc: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-devices-platform-dock: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-devices-system-cpu: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-firmware-efi-esrt: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-platform-sst-atom: use wildcards on What definitions ABI: sysfs-ptp: use wildcards on What definitions .../ABI/stable/sysfs-class-infiniband | 64 ++++++------- Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-tpm | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/evm | 4 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore | 3 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rapidio | 32 +++---- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-soundwire-master | 2 +- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-soundwire-slave | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb | 16 ++-- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl | 15 ++- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-devfreq-event | 12 +-- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-gnss | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mei | 18 ++-- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mic | 24 ++--- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mux | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pwm | 20 ++-- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-rc | 14 +-- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-rc-nuvoton | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-typec | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc | 26 ++--- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc | 10 +- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-dock | 10 +- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 16 ++-- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi-esrt | 16 ++-- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab | 94 +++++++++---------- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-sst-atom | 2 +- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp | 30 +++--- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-tty | 32 +++---- 30 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 236 deletions(-) -- 2.31.1
