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

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Message-ID: <b5acb3dd-d7b5-492c-85a9-ee130e0a04c5@quicinc.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:22:57 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bsr: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro

On 6/15/2024 2:14 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> With ARCH=powerpc, make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/bsr.o
> 
> Add the missing invocation of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/bsr.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/bsr.c b/drivers/char/bsr.c
> index 70d31aed9011..837109ef6766 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/bsr.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/bsr.c
> @@ -342,5 +342,6 @@ static void __exit  bsr_exit(void)
>  
>  module_init(bsr_init);
>  module_exit(bsr_exit);
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register Driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...ibm.com>");
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 83a7eefedc9b56fe7bfeff13b6c7356688ffa670
> change-id: 20240615-md-powerpc-drivers-char-913942e3d586

Following up to see if anything else is needed from me. Hoping to see this in
linux-next so I can remove it from my tracking spreadsheet :)

/jeff