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If the Linux kernel or userspace sets an alias with the same name as a module, they force the tools to use that. However in some situations it may be desired to query the module itself. Getting the module information through modinfo is one such situation. So, add a option to modinfo to explicitly instruct it to handle the argument as a module name. Example, when trying to output information about the crc32 module that is builtin: $ modinfo crc32 filename: /lib/modules/5.15.19-1-MANJARO/kernel/arch/x86/crypto/crc32-pclmul.ko.zst alias: crypto-crc32-pclmul alias: crc32-pclmul alias: crypto-crc32 alias: crc32 license: GPL author: Alexander Boyko <alexander_boyko@xyratex.com> srcversion: B6B2FF9236731E69418A2E5 alias: cpu:type:x86,ven*fam*mod*:feature:*0081* depends: retpoline: Y intree: Y name: crc32_pclmul vermagic: 5.15.19-1-MANJARO SMP preempt mod_unload sig_id: PKCS#7 signer: Build time autogenerated kernel key sig_key: 77:FB:AA:BD:48:78:A4:C6:56:18:9A:7E:A6:F3:29:3E:C5:6B:E9:37 sig_hashalgo: sha512 signature: 30:65:02:31:00:B0:D4:49:9D:1D:F1:71:4C:3C:BB:70:B2:3E:46:5D: 38:5A:F1:00:95:FD:7A:96:C4:2C:24:35:A2:1B:0B:A8:1C:29:6F:02: 7A:68:EE:BA:A4:1C:01:4B:86:39:15:3E:66:02:30:7F:7A:66:5E:F2: 2F:98:73:3D:AD:96:66:81:8B:94:6E:F3:3F:44:0F:85:E1:73:3A:9E: F9:C4:BE:9B:88:02:BD:83:04:B9:2E:72:0B:93:BC:82:B6:A1:1B:6A: C2:ED:8C filename: /lib/modules/5.15.19-1-MANJARO/kernel/crypto/crc32_generic.ko.zst alias: crypto-crc32-generic alias: crc32-generic alias: crypto-crc32 alias: crc32 license: GPL description: CRC32 calculations wrapper for lib/crc32 author: Alexander Boyko <alexander_boyko@xyratex.com> srcversion: F08036C38DDB06BCD1E6091 depends: retpoline: Y intree: Y name: crc32_generic vermagic: 5.15.19-1-MANJARO SMP preempt mod_unload sig_id: PKCS#7 signer: Build time autogenerated kernel key sig_key: 77:FB:AA:BD:48:78:A4:C6:56:18:9A:7E:A6:F3:29:3E:C5:6B:E9:37 sig_hashalgo: sha512 signature: 30:65:02:31:00:E3:9E:C8:80:15:0E:D7:74:96:B5:25:EA:32:F7:DF: E9:FC:3C:82:D9:B9:B9:37:C5:20:8D:06:31:02:62:B3:54:E8:DF:F2: 7E:E2:7C:A4:CF:49:17:CB:75:DF:2C:7A:2F:02:30:25:DE:7C:2A:2C: 97:3F:65:16:76:B3:71:FB:62:DB:8F:F3:33:65:77:98:F3:57:ED:D7: 87:78:FF:C2:04:55:70:00:10:63:1E:B2:FE:22:D8:E5:6D:5F:95:4E: 7D:2C:6B That is because the Linux kernel exports "crc32" as an alias to those modules, besides being a module itself: $ grep crc32 /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.builtin kernel/lib/crc32.ko $ $ grep "alias crc32 " /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias alias crc32 crc32_pclmul alias crc32 crc32_generic With the new -m|--modname option it's possible to query the information about this (builtin) module explicitly: $ modinfo --modname crc32 name: crc32 filename: (builtin) license: GPL file: lib/crc32 description: Various CRC32 calculations author: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> |
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| insert.c | ||
| insmod.c | ||
| kmod.c | ||
| kmod.h | ||
| log.c | ||
| log.h | ||
| lsmod.c | ||
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| modprobe.c | ||
| remove.c | ||
| rmmod.c | ||
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