linux-kernel - Should MODULE_DESCRIPTION be mandatory ?

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Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:11:46 +0200
From:	devzero@....de
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Should MODULE_DESCRIPTION be mandatory ?

Hi, 

some time ago i spotted that around 20% of the Linux modules lacking a MODULE_DESCRIPTION field.  ( http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10770 )

I think it`s not a practicable approach to get this fixed by some single person digging trough all the modules. 
If itŽs fixed for a kernel release, one year later there would be another bunch of new modules lacking the description field again.

What about a build-time or run-time warning for missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION ? (as it exists for MODULE_LICENSE in modpost.c) 

Wouldn`t that solve the "problem" automatically as time goes by ?

regards
Roland

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