module_alias_printf(9)

💅 module_alias_printf 💅

okay so welcome to the module_alias_printf(9) page in the Kernel API Manual — this is the function that adds an auto-generated MODULE_ALIAS(), and honestly? iconic. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

module_alias_printf — add auto-generated MODULE_ALIAS(). That's literally the whole name section, periodt. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void  module_alias_printf (struct module *mod , bool append_wildcard ,
       const char *fmt , ... );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• mod — the module. Yes bestie, it's a struct module *, hand it over. 👑
• append_wildcard — appends '*' for future extension if it doesn't exist yet. Future-proofing vibes, no cap. ✨
• fmt — a printf(3)-like format. You know the format-string energy: it's giving printf, but make it module alias. 🎀
• ... — variable arguments. The little extra args that go with fmt, fr fr. 🦋

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./scripts/mod/file2alias.c — that's the see-also, bestie. Go look, iykyk. 👀

mwah 💋 — this module_alias_printf(9) page is from ./scripts/mod, dated October 2026. slay and goodbye. 🌈