[PATCH 6.9 129/222] kbuild: doc: Update default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates

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6.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 07d4cc2e7444356faac6552d0688a1670cc9d749 ]

The default INSTALL_MOD_DIR was changed from 'extra' to
'updates' in commit b74d7bb7ca24 ("kbuild: Modify default
INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates").

This commit updates the documentation to align with the
latest kernel.

Fixes: b74d7bb7ca24 ("kbuild: Modify default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates")
Signed-off-by: Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
index a1f3eb7a43e23..131863142cbb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ executed to make module versioning work.
 
 	modules_install
 		Install the external module(s). The default location is
-		/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/extra/, but a prefix may
+		/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/updates/, but a prefix may
 		be added with INSTALL_MOD_PATH (discussed in section 5).
 
 	clean
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ directory:
 
 And external modules are installed in:
 
-	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/
+	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/
 
 5.1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH
 --------------------
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ And external modules are installed in:
 -------------------
 
 	External modules are by default installed to a directory under
-	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/, but you may wish to
+	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/, but you may wish to
 	locate modules for a specific functionality in a separate
 	directory. For this purpose, use INSTALL_MOD_DIR to specify an
-	alternative name to "extra."::
+	alternative name to "updates."::
 
 		$ make INSTALL_MOD_DIR=gandalf -C $KDIR \
 		       M=$PWD modules_install
-- 
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