On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 02:46:18PM -0600, Allen Webb wrote: > Update the documentation to include the presense and use case of > modules.builtin.alias. > > Signed-off-by: Allen Webb <allenwebb@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > index 08f575e6236c..1c7c02040a54 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ modules.builtin > This file lists all modules that are built into the kernel. This is used > by modprobe to not fail when trying to load something builtin. > > +modules.builtin.alias > +--------------------- > +This file lists all match-id based aliases for modules built into the kernel. > +These are intended to enable userspace to make authorization decisions based > +on which modules are likely to be bound to a device after it is authorized. What is an example? This sounds obscure. Luis
