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)
---
v3:
- Added a new patch for sysfs-class-rapidio;
- sysfs-class-typec had a typo, instead of a wildcard;
- sysfs-bus-soundwire-* had some additional What to be fixed;
- added some reviewed-by/acked-by tags.
v2:
- Added several patches to address uppercase "N" meaning
as a wildcard.
Mauro Carvalho Chehab (30):
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: fix a typo on a 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: -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: sysfs-class-rapidio: 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 | 20 ++--
.../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-soundwire-slave | 60 ++++++------
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-rapidio | 4 +-
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 +++----
31 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 276 deletions(-)
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