tools/virtio/linux/module.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

tools/virtio/linux/module.h

Extension

.h

Size

346 bytes

Lines

17

Domain

Support Tooling And Documentation

Bucket

tools

Inferred role

Support Tooling And Documentation: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

• Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/export.h

Detected Declarations

• struct module

Annotated Snippet

#include <linux/export.h>

struct module;

#define MODULE_LICENSE(__MODULE_LICENSE_value) \
	static __attribute__((unused)) const char *__MODULE_LICENSE_name = \
		__MODULE_LICENSE_value

#ifndef MODULE_AUTHOR
#define MODULE_AUTHOR(x)
#endif

#ifndef MODULE_DESCRIPTION
#define MODULE_DESCRIPTION(x)
#endif

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/export.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct module`.
• Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / tools.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.