linux-kernel - Re: MODULE

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Message-ID: <m3abwsciuc.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:03:23 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: MODULE_MAINTAINER

Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com> writes:

[MODULE_AUTHOR]

> Given that the email address is all that I want to
> supress; how about just deleting that instead?

Makes sense at least WRT the "problematic" modules.

include/linux/module.h says:

/* Author, ideally of form NAME <EMAIL>[, NAME <EMAIL>]*[ and NAME <EMAIL>] */
#define MODULE_AUTHOR(_author) MODULE_INFO(author, _author)

I think we should get rid of the "EMAIL" comments:

/* Author, ideally of form FULL NAME [, FULL NAME ]*[ and FULL NAME] */
#define MODULE_AUTHOR(_author) MODULE_INFO(author, _author)


I'd rather let the respective maintainers/authors take care of "their"
MODULE_AUTHOR entries (though the removal seems sane for me personally).

> I'd prefer that; unlike the name, the adress is information that can
> get outdated

Right

> and moreover, removing the address not only from the
> modinfo output but from the source directly means it can't be mistaken
> for a contact address there either.

Sure.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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