How do I list loaded Linux module parameter values?

Question

Is there a standard way to list the parameter values of a loaded Linux module? I'm essentially probing for another answer to this Linux kernel module parameters question, because the module I'm interested in doesn't have a /sys/modules/<module_name>/parameters interface.

Answer 1

You can do it by using this simple one way command, which uses the /proc/modules and /sys virtual filesystems:

cat /proc/modules | cut -f 1 -d " " | while read module; do \
 echo "Module: $module"; \
 if [ -d "/sys/module/$module/parameters" ]; then \
  ls /sys/module/$module/parameters/ | while read parameter; do \
   echo -n "Parameter: $parameter --> "; \
   cat /sys/module/$module/parameters/$parameter; \
  done; \
 fi; \
 echo; \
done

You will obtain an output like this:

...
...
Module: vboxnetadp

Module: vboxnetflt

Module: vboxdrv
Parameter: force_async_tsc --> 0

Module: binfmt_misc

Module: uinput

Module: fuse
Parameter: max_user_bgreq --> 2047
Parameter: max_user_congthresh --> 2047

Module: md_mod
Parameter: new_array --> cat: /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array: Permission denied
Parameter: start_dirty_degraded --> 0
Parameter: start_ro --> 0

Module: loop
Parameter: max_loop --> 0
Parameter: max_part --> 0

Module: kvm_intel
Parameter: emulate_invalid_guest_state --> N
Parameter: ept --> Y
Parameter: fasteoi --> Y
Parameter: flexpriority --> Y
Parameter: nested --> N
Parameter: ple_gap --> 0
Parameter: ple_window --> 4096
Parameter: unrestricted_guest --> Y
Parameter: vmm_exclusive --> Y
Parameter: vpid --> Y
Parameter: yield_on_hlt --> Y

Module: kvm
Parameter: allow_unsafe_assigned_interrupts --> N
Parameter: ignore_msrs --> N
Parameter: min_timer_period_us --> 500

Module: tpm_infineon

Module: joydev

Module: snd_hda_codec_hdmi
Parameter: static_hdmi_pcm --> N
...
...

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You can use the command systool -vm <Module name>. It comes with the sysfsutils package on most systems.

This is what the output will look like, there is a section Parameters:

linux ~ # systool -vm btusb
Module = "btusb"

  Attributes:
    coresize            = "40960"
    initsize            = "0"
    initstate           = "live"
    refcnt              = "0"
    srcversion          = "D69A7EC073BC0145C2DE5C3"
    taint               = ""
    uevent              = <store method only>
    version             = "0.8"

  Parameters:
    disable_scofix      = "N"
    force_scofix        = "N"
    reset               = "Y"

  Sections:
    .bss                = "0xffffffffa090d800"
    .data               = "0xffffffffa090d000"
    .exit.text          = "0xffffffffa09096ff"
    .gnu.linkonce.this_module= "0xffffffffa090d4c0"
    .init.text          = "0xffffffffa0910000"
    .note.gnu.build-id  = "0xffffffffa090a000"
    .rodata             = "0xffffffffa090b060"
    .rodata.str1.1      = "0xffffffffa090a024"
    .rodata.str1.8      = "0xffffffffa090a2b0"
    .smp_locks          = "0xffffffffa090af84"
    .strtab             = "0xffffffffa0912668"
    .symtab             = "0xffffffffa0911000"
    .text               = "0xffffffffa0905000"
    __mcount_loc        = "0xffffffffa090c3d8"
    __param             = "0xffffffffa090c360"
    __verbose           = "0xffffffffa090d0f8"

Answer 3

grep -H '' /sys/module/ath9k*/parameters/*

/sys/module/ath9k/parameters/blink:1
/sys/module/ath9k/parameters/bt_ant_diversity:0
/sys/module/ath9k/parameters/btcoex_enable:0
/sys/module/ath9k/parameters/nohwcrypt:1
/sys/module/ath9k/parameters/ps_enable:0

grep -H '' /sys/module/acpi_cpufreq/parameters/*
/sys/module/acpi_cpufreq/parameters/acpi_pstate_strict:0

Answer 4

You could use the "modinfo(8)" command to get available load time parameters for a module. For instance:

# modinfo e100 | grep parm
parm:           debug:Debug level (0=none,...,16=all) (int)
parm:           eeprom_bad_csum_allow:Allow bad eeprom checksums (int)
parm:           use_io:Force use of i/o access mode (int)

As for getting the parameters of loaded modules, try combining the modinfo command with a simple "lsmod | awk '{ print $1 }'"

As in:

lsmod | awk '{print $1 }'combi > myfile.txt
tail -n +2 myfile.txt > myfile.txt.tmp && mv myfile.txt.tmp myfile.txt
while read -r LINE; do echo "$LINE">>results.txt;modinfo "$LINE" | grep ^desc>>results.txt;modinfo "$LINE" | grep parm>> results.txt; done < myfile.txt

Answer 5

Would come out ugly as a comment, but I did this check on my system..

cat /proc/modules  | cut -d " " -f1 | while read mod; do
   test -d /sys/module/$mod/parameters || echo modinfo $mod | grep parm; 
done

To check if modules without parameters in /sys show up as having parameters in modinfo but I couldnt find any.?

I am no expert, but the difference here is that modinfo reads the module file itself for the parameters by looking in the .modinfo elf headers, whereas sys is reading these from its runtime variant.

It may be possible to have parameters you can modify at runtime which dont appear as a modinfo parameter value, but since the module format should be pretty fixed I dont imagine its possible for you to pass a option parameter to a module when loading without there being a .modinfo structure for it linked in.

Does your module suggest there are parameters passable with modinfo when you check it that way but there are none in /sys for it? Certainly on my system I was unable to find any examples of this using the command provided above.

EDIT: All this is wrong given that if you do actually check what I did, you'll note that echo mod $mod | grep parm will never actually result in a answer.

If you do the following instead..

cat /proc/modules  | cut -d " " -f1 | while read mod; do
    test -d /sys/module/$mod/parameters || (modinfo $mod | grep parm && echo $mod)
done

You'll find all sorts of modules that dont contain a parameters directory in /sys/module/$mod but have parameters contained inside of their instances at run time.

Inversely, you can also do this:

for mod in $(cat /proc/modules | cut -d" " -f1; do
  if [ -d /sys/module/$mod/parameters ]; then 
    for p in /sys/module/$mod/parameters/*; do 
      p=$(basename $p)
      modinfo $mod -F parm | grep -q $p || echo $mod $p
    done;
  fi;
done

To find examples of modules that do have a parameters value in /sys/module/$mod/parameters but dont have a parameter set in modinfo.

Answer 6

For iwlwifi and other modules I used this:

 grep [[:alnum:]] /sys/module/iwl*/parameters/*

and I get this output:

 /sys/module/iwlmvm/parameters/init_dbg:N
 /sys/module/iwlmvm/parameters/power_scheme:2
 /sys/module/iwlmvm/parameters/tfd_q_hang_detect:Y
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/11n_disable:0
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/amsdu_size:0
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/antenna_coupling:0
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/bt_coex_active:Y
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/d0i3_disable:Y
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/d0i3_timeout:1000
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/disable_11ac:N
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/fw_monitor:N
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/fw_restart:Y
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/lar_disable:N
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/led_mode:0
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/nvm_file:(null)
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/power_level:0
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/power_save:N
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/swcrypto:0
 /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/uapsd_disable:3

So I guess you could try something like:

 grep [[:alnum:]] /sys/module/<module_name>/parameters/*

Let me know if this works for you.

Answer 7

Working off of katriel's work, you can get a (admittedly ugly) one-liner by combining the two of them in a bash loop:

for i in `lsmod | awk '{print $1}'`; do echo "$i: "; modinfo $i | grep parm; done