verify_module_namespace(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Bestie, this is verify_module_namespace(9) from the Kernel API Manual. Official vibe: verify_module_namespace — does @modname have access to this symbol's @namespace?

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

The signature is literally:

bool verify_module_namespace (const char *namespace , const char
       *modname );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• namespace — export symbol namespace. That's the namespace in question.
• modname — module name. That's the module name in question.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so here's the tea: if namespace is prefixed with "module:" to indicate it is a module namespace, then test if modname matches any of the comma separated patterns.

The patterns only support tail-glob. That's the whole matching rule mentioned here, periodt.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./scripts/mod/modpost.c
• get_basename(9)

source/version: ./scripts/mod · date: October 2026 — mwah 💋 go check those namespaces, bestie!