linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] VMware balloon: Show capabilities of balloon and resulting capabilities in the debug-fs node.

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Message-ID: <1438806166.31263.203.camel@vmware.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Aug 2015 20:22:35 +0000
From:	Philip Moltmann <moltmann@...are.com>
To:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"dmitry.torokhov@...il.com" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"pv-drivers@...are.com" <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
	Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@...are.com>,
	John Savanyo <jsavanyo@...are.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] VMware balloon: Show capabilities of balloon and
 resulting capabilities in the debug-fs node.

Hi,

> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc.");
> >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Memory Control (Balloon) Driver");
> > -MODULE_VERSION("1.3.2.0-k");
> > +MODULE_VERSION("1.3.3.0-k");
> 
> This constant change of module version is annoying, is it really even
> needed?
> 
> I'll take this, but seriously consider just dropping it entirely as 
> it
> doesn't mean anything now that the driver is in the kernel tree.

I think this is meant so that we can track which patches got backported
into RHEL and SLES.

CC-ing John as the policy comes from him.

Philip