linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rpadlpar_io:Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION entries to kernel modules

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Message-ID: <CAOSf1CEv3v940FR_we70qCBME0qFXPizPT8EFbf3XyK2-fPDrw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:41:39 +1000
From:   "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com>
To:     Mamatha Inamdar <mamatha4@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rpadlpar_io:Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION entries to kernel modules

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 3:15 PM Mamatha Inamdar
<mamatha4@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> This patch adds a brief MODULE_DESCRIPTION to rpadlpar_io kernel modules
> (descriptions taken from Kconfig file)
>
> Signed-off-by: Mamatha Inamdar <mamatha4@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c
> index f979b70..bac65ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c
> @@ -478,3 +478,4 @@ static void __exit rpadlpar_io_exit(void)
>  module_init(rpadlpar_io_init);
>  module_exit(rpadlpar_io_exit);
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RPA Dynamic Logical Partitioning driver for I/O slots");

RPA as a spec was superseded by PAPR in the early 2000s. Can we rename
this already?

The only potential problem I can see is scripts doing: modprobe
rpadlpar_io or similar

However, we should be able to fix that with a module alias.

Oliver