linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v2 5/9] net: fill in MODULE

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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:33:10 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 5/9] net: fill in MODULE_DESCRIPTION()s for ipv6
 modules

On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 02:19:24AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
> W=1 builds now warn if module is built without a MODULE_DESCRIPTION().
> Add descriptions to the IPv6 modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

..

> index a7bf0327b380..8820bf5b101a 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_udp_tunnel.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_udp_tunnel.c
> @@ -182,4 +182,5 @@ struct dst_entry *udp_tunnel6_dst_lookup(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(udp_tunnel6_dst_lookup);
>  
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IPv6 UDP tunnel driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

Hi Breno,

I don't feel strongly about this,
but looking at NET_UDP_TUNNEL and NET_FOU in net/ipv4/Kconfig, maybe:

	IPv6 Foo over UDP tunnel driver

Likewise for the change to net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c
in the following patch.


The above not withstanding, this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>

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