Questions tagged [sysfs]
Sysfs is a Linux filesystem, normally mounted on /sys, which provides information about hardware and kernel components.
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Disconnected block device remains in /sys, is not seen as detected when re-connect
System is Linux Mint 21 based.
My USBstick was receiving some files and after message "Do not disconnect" had disappeared I unplugged it. This time though waiting whirl remained in Disks GUI ...
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Distinguish between configs and logs/debugs/statistics within sysfs (/sys)
sysfs is a feature of the Linux kernel that allows kernel code to
export information to user processes via an in-memory filesystem. The
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How to re-enable a USB port after disabling it in sysfs?
I have disabled a USB (2.0) port on a production Linux system with this command:
echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/2-1/2-1.8/port/disable
It successfully disabled the 8th USB port on hub #1.
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sysfs missing CPU thermal_throttle information
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I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (Noble Numbat, kernel 6.8.0-51-generic) on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, and I'm investigating some odd behavior where the CPU governor/driver will ...
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Udev rule for syfs class/device attribute ownership
This was originally asked on Stack Overflow, but it was closed for being off-topic. Hopefully this is the right forum for the question.
I'm writing a character device driver that exposes class and ...
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ERROR in file_io_posix.cc, trying to locate scaling_cur_freq and scaling_max_freq and couldn't find it
I'm trying to execute a container based on Ubuntu 20.04 and some additional dependencies. It ended up in an error where the project (something external) is looking for files/programs, as shown below.
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How to run samples/rpmsg_client_sample in Linux?
I am learning RPMSG in Linux, and I found there is a samples/rpmsg_client_sample.c.
I built it into a kernel module, but I don't know how to make its probe function to be called?
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Where to create symlinks to sysfs iio files
I wrote a driver that exposes I2C registers via an IIO device, this device operates in direct mode (read/write directly to files in sysfs), the files are correctly created in sysfs and work fine.
I ...
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Replicating 'udisks power-off' behavior (without udisks)
udisks exists for regular users, root must (and is) able to live without it, I need help figuring out how.
The goal is to do exactly what
udisks power-off /dev/sdX
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where to enable /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/0/memory.usage_in_bytes?
I try to count total memory usage in linux via /sys/fs
For this I've found /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/0/memory.usage_in_bytes in https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.html#user-interface
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structure /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat
What is the structure of linux memory via /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat?
what is the anon memory?
What is the file memory?
how to get the full used memory via /sys/fs?
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Does udev have an issue with the 'hwmon' subsystem?
I have a temp/humidity sensor connected to the i2c-0 interface on a Raspberry Pi: Rpi OS ver 'bookworm'. It works fine, and I can read sensor values from the files in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon2 (or ...
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Why is this folder duplicated in `sysfs`?
I have a Raspberry Pi that is running the 'bookworm' version of the OS; the 64-bit version of the OS if that makes any difference. I've installed one of the SHT3X temperature & humidity sensors, ...
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Watching for /sys/class/net file changes using systemd
I'm trying to get a systemd service to restart when some ethernet cable gets plugged in, by monitoring changes to the /sys/class/net/eth0/carrier_up_count system file.
I tried creating a systemd path ...
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Are numbers in sysfs presented in decimal or hex?
I am looking at files in sysfs, specifically in /sys/bus/usb/devices
The files contains small numbers, expressed as two characters, for example "00"
All of the examples that I have contain ...
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cgroup virtual file system is read only for root, when root has write privileges?
As the title of my question suggests, I am trying to edit the properties of my cgroup virtual file system - create new directories, edit the resource limits in certain files, etc - but any write ...
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How to modify the scale attribute of a backlight in sysfs?
How can a user change the scale attribute of a backlight that is exposed in sysfs? On my machine it's located at /sys/class/backlight/amdgpu_bl1/scale. I tried using udev to add write permissions to ...
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Is it correct to physically remove a PCI-E device after 'removing' it via sysfs?
Sometimes I have to replace a PCI Express device, for example a network card (NIC) on a Linux server. I was always wondering if it is possible to do without downtime.
I had success with adding new ...
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can't get permissions for debug folder with a custom program
I am running a program on kali Linux. The program uses Openssl and some other networking libraries. When I try to run the program I get the output below:
Failed to open /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/...
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Linux 6.7: /sys/class/graphics/fb0 is missing
What happened to this node/symlink? It used to be there for ages, linking to the primary display adapter, and I cannot find it any longer with Linux 6.7.4. I've not found anything relevant in the ...
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Documentation of /sys/block/*/device/type
Where is documentation of /sys/block/*/device/type ?
I need information about this file .
cat /sys/block/*/device/type
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cat: read error: Operation not supported for /sys/class/net/eth0/phys_*
I customized the system using Kernel 6.4.0 and Busybox, but I don't know why the three files starting with phys_ cannot be accessed, and other files in the same folder can.
# pwd
/sys/class/net/eth0
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Why does udev rule not work on `DEVPATH=="/kernel"`?
I'm testing udev rules with a file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-test.rules.
This line:
DEVPATH=="/devices/system/node/node0", ATTR{hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/nr_hugepages}="4"
makes /...
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Who mounts /proc and /sys in GNU/Linux systems?
If you build a custom GNU/Linux system for an embedded device, do you need to execute
mount -t proc proc /proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
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How to hide file and directory under /sys in Linux?
I am working on an embedded Linux system (with kernel 5.10.24).
I am trying to disable sysfs from kernel, but I found some other stuffs relies on sysfs, so I have to enable sysfs in kernel build.
Now ...
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KERNELS in udev not persistent across reboots
I am trying to match a device using udev and run a command every time the device is connected (via RUNS). The device (a V4L2 USB camera) is always connected to the same USB port, so I thought I could ...
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What are host bridges vs pci bridges in lspci output?
I am trying to understand the pcie topology on my system and the output of lspci.
My output for lspci and the tree of the pci topology:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/...
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What do the different values of /sys/kernel/mm/lru_gen/enabled mean?
I wanted to check if the multi-generational LRU was active on my desktop, so I looked at the value of /sys/kernel/mm/lru_gen/enabled. It was set to 0x0007. I felt unsure what to make of this value, so ...
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How to find the SCSI ID of a disk in QTS?
Normally, in Linux, one can use lsscsi to map disk devices to their SCSI ID:
# lsscsi -d
[N:0:4:1] disk SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-000L7__1 /dev/nvme0n1 [259:0]
[N:1:5:1] disk ...
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What's inside Linux kernel sysfs holders directory?
What exactly is under the /sys/module/<module_name>/holders directory? From what I see it's all symlinks. But symlinks representing what?
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Why can the mount points of debugfs and sysfs be overlapped?
The mount point for debugfs is /sys/kernel/debug, and the mount point for sysfs is /sys/, why can these 2 mount points be overlapped without interference?
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Why debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug?
As far as I know, /sys/ is for sysfs, why debugfs is mounted under the /sys/ directory? Why not just mount it under /debug/ to make it clearer?
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Permission denied of sysfs attribute file
As part of firewall implementation I am implementing a sysfs device, which attributes are defined by:
#define FILE_PERMISSIONS S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO
static DEVICE_ATTR(sysfs_att, FILE_PERMISSIONS, display,...
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how can I make sysfs parameter value persist for each reboot?
I have to write some sysfs parameter files and each reboot. I wonder if there is a way to automatically set those as early as possible, preferably even during initramfs. Is there canonically way to do ...
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Is there ever a reason to query ioctl for hardware info when we have sysfs?
My assumption is that sysfs is built using ioctl queries, meaning all the information you would want (or at least most of it) is already available by simply reading files on sysfs. I notice some ...
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What data does /sys/module/notes hold?
I want to know what type of data the notes subdir holds in a specific /sys/module entry, however the man 5 sysfs of /sys/module is not fully documented yet. There must be some documentation around it ...
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can't write to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/*/energy_performance_preference when ac-adapter is connected
AC-adapter unplugged:
$ echo power | sudo tee energy_performance_preference
power
$ echo $?
0
AC-adapter plugged-in:
$ echo power | sudo tee energy_performance_preference
power
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How to update/refresh changed partlabels as reported by lsblk?
On Linux, the command lsblk -o partlabel will display the partlabel for block devices.
I have used gdisk to change a partlabel.
After the change, lsblk is still reporting the old value of the ...
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Any way to make sysfs file immutable?
I'm trying to make /sys/fs/selinux/enforce always contain "1", and prevent it from being changed.
I've been able to do this on /etc/selinux/config by running chattr +i /etc/selinux/config
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Is there any good documentation on sysfs? [closed]
I'm looking for good documentation for sysfs; the man page is incomplete and even has one sentence that just stops half way through. I've found the Linux kernel documentation but that's a little bit ...
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How to attach a listener to sysfs files?
How to watch for sysfs file changes (like /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/operstate) and execute a command on content change?
inotify does not work on sysfs
I don't want to poll. I want to set a ...
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Matching PCI and Thunderbolt devices
Is there a reliable way to find which PCI devices (eg. video card) are connected via a particular Thunderbolt device (eg. eGPU enclosure, Dock) on a Linux system?
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Can I relate a USB device from /sys to a particular USB connector from Dmidecode?
Having had a bit of an internet-scour, I think the answer may be "No", but:
Can I find the USB port description (as per dmidecode) corresponding to the USB device from sysfs?
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sysfs: Correspondence between modules and drivers?
In sysfs, one can find which driver is handling a device. For example, the following shows that the driver handling the device led0 is called leds-gpio.
pi@raspberrypi:/sys/devices/platform/leds/leds/...
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Concurrent write access to character device file
I am wondering what happens when two processes write to a character device file at the same time.
Currently, I am mostly worried about /dev/spidev0.0 on a Raspberry pi.
If I assume correctly that it's ...
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understand output and format of `udevadm info /dev/sda1`
Last time I was responsible for a unix system it was AT&T many years ago. I've finally got unix (linux) at home again. Things have changed.
I'm working on understanding udev and /sys.
The output ...
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Is there a reliable path to specific device events?
I'm running ubuntu linux and I have a bluetooth mouse that I would like to capture evdev events from. The problem is that the event device can potentially be different any time I connect the mouse: ...
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Thermal throttling on i7-1185G7
I have a brand new i7-1185G7 laptop whose CPU is being heavily throttled on Linux 5.8.0, even though it's thermals are in bounds (albeit a bit high).
$ sensors
ucsi_source_psy_USBC000:001-isa-0000
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Why, after unmounting cgroup v1, do I still have empty directories under /sys/fs/cgroup?
I just unmounted cgroup version 1, leaving just a single cgroup2 mount on my system.
$ mount | grep -i cgroup
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,size=4096k,nr_inodes=1024,mode=...
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bind ltc2947-spi driver on BeagleBone Black
Having trouble binding a SPI driver on the BeagleBone Black. The driver in question, ltc2947-spi, is in the linux mainline, but not in the beaglebone kernel tree. When I get this working, I'll submit ...
