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authorCarlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>2021-07-15 06:18:04 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2021-07-21 14:46:36 +0300
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docs: binderfs: add section about feature files
Document how binder feature files can be used to determine whether a feature is supported by the binder driver. "oneway_spam_detection" is used as an example as it is the first available feature file. Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210715031805.1725878-2-cmllamas@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -72,3 +72,16 @@ that the `rm() <rm_>`_ tool can be used to delete them. Note that the
``binder-control`` device cannot be deleted since this would make the binderfs
instance unusable. The ``binder-control`` device will be deleted when the
binderfs instance is unmounted and all references to it have been dropped.
+
+Binder features
+---------------
+
+Assuming an instance of binderfs has been mounted at ``/dev/binderfs``, the
+features supported by the binder driver can be located under
+``/dev/binderfs/features/``. The presence of individual files can be tested
+to determine whether a particular feature is supported by the driver.
+
+Example::
+
+ cat /dev/binderfs/features/oneway_spam_detection
+ 1