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

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Message-ID: <b8b23dc1-7df6-489d-9638-db64a89c8a83@quicinc.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:43:18 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Eugenio Pérez
	<eperezma@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: <virtualization@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro

On 6/23/24 10:36, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 6/2/2024 1:25 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>> make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.o
>>
>> Add the missing invocation of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c
>> index 2521a75009c3..3034a2f605c8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c
>> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c
>> @@ -85,5 +85,6 @@ int virtio_dma_buf_get_uuid(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(virtio_dma_buf_get_uuid);
>>   
>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("dma-bufs for virtio exported objects");
>>   MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>>   MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DMA_BUF);
>>
>> ---
>> base-commit: 83814698cf48ce3aadc5d88a3f577f04482ff92a
>> change-id: 20240602-md-virtio_dma_buf-b3552ca6c5d5
>>
> 
> Following up to see if anything else is needed from me.
> Hoping to see this in linux-next :)

I still don't see this in linux-next so following up to see if anything 
else is needed to get this merged. Adding Greg KH since he's signed off 
on this file before and he's taken quite a few of my cleanups through 
his trees.

I'm hoping to have all of these warnings fixed tree-wide in 6.11.

/jeff