linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: add missing MODULE

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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 15:41:37 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
Cc: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
	Marius Zachmann <mail@...iuszachmann.de>,
	linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros

On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 03:27:59PM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/hwmon/asus_atk0110.o
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/hwmon/corsair-cpro.o
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/hwmon/mr75203.o
> 
> Add all missing invocations of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>

Applied.

Makes me wonder though why that is deemed to be a warning. Module
descriptions used to be optional, and are (or at least used to be)
documented as such.

Ah .. I see .. a recent addition. Oh well, if it makes people happy.

Guenter