linux-kernel - Re: MODULE_DESCRIPTION() patches with no maintainer action

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Message-ID: <55341a0d-b07b-4f25-be45-dd0b352315aa@quicinc.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 07:00:17 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: MODULE_DESCRIPTION() patches with no maintainer action

On 7/19/2024 3:51 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2024, at 23:46, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>> Andrew & Greg,
>>
>> I hate to bother you with such mundane patches, but the following have been
>> posted for a while without any maintainer or reviewer comment or action, and
>> they have not yet landed in linux-next.
>>
>> What is the path forward to have these MODULE_DESCRIPTION() warnings fixed?
>>
>> arch/arm/probes/kprobes/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240622-md-arm-arch-arm-probes-kprobes-v1-1-0832bd6e45db@quicinc.com/
>>
>> arch/x86/mm/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240515-testmmiotrace-md-v1-1-10919a8b2842@quicinc.com/
>>
>> drivers/spmi/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240609-md-drivers-spmi-v1-1-f1d5b24e7a66@quicinc.com/
>>
>> (note that beyond these 3 patches I still have an additional 13 patches which
>> need to land in order to fix these warnings tree-wide, but those 13 patches
>> have had recent maintainer or reviewer action so I'm not seeking your help at
>> this time).
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> For completeness, this is a patch that I have in my local
> test tree now after I addressed the build issues for all
> randconfig builds on arm, arm64 and x86.
> 
> I assume you already a version of most of these,
> but please have a look in case there are some still
> missing.

You have found and fixed some that I didn't encounter with make allmodconfig
builds. I do have a list of ones for further analysis that I created by
looking for files with a MODULE_LICENSE but not a MODULE_DESCRIPTION, and the
ones I haven't yet fixed are on that list, but I'm very happy for you to
submit your fixes.

Details follow:

>  arch/arm/lib/xor-neon.c                         | 1 +
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240711-md-arm-arch-arm-lib-v2-1-ab08653dc106@quicinc.com/

>  arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c                     | 1 +
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240515-testmmiotrace-md-v1-1-10919a8b2842@quicinc.com/

>  drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-bridge-test.c           | 1 +
>  drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-mgr-test.c              | 1 +
>  drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-region-test.c           | 1 +
I do not have a patch for these three

>  drivers/fsi/fsi-core.c                          | 1 +
>  drivers/fsi/fsi-master-aspeed.c                 | 2 ++
>  drivers/fsi/fsi-master-ast-cf.c                 | 1 +
>  drivers/fsi/fsi-master-gpio.c                   | 1 +
>  drivers/fsi/fsi-master-hub.c                    | 1 +
>  drivers/fsi/fsi-scom.c                          | 1 +
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240605-md-drivers-fsi-v1-1-fefc82d81b12@quicinc.com/

>  drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c      | 1 +
I do not have a patch for this one

>  fs/adfs/super.c                                 | 2 ++
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240523-md-adfs-v1-1-364268e38370@quicinc.com/

>  fs/exportfs/expfs.c                             | 1 +
I do not have a patch for this one

>  kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c                  | 1 +
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240528-md-test-ww_mutex-v2-1-a2a19e920b12@quicinc.com/

>  lib/asn1_decoder.c                              | 1 +
>  lib/slub_kunit.c                                | 1 +
>  lib/ucs2_string.c                               | 1 +
>  lib/zlib_inflate/inflate_syms.c                 | 1 +
I do not have a patch for these four

>  mm/kasan/kasan_test.c                           | 1 +
>  mm/kasan/kasan_test_module.c                    | 1 +
I do not have a patch for these two

>  samples/livepatch/livepatch-callbacks-busymod.c | 1 +
>  samples/livepatch/livepatch-callbacks-demo.c    | 1 +
>  samples/livepatch/livepatch-callbacks-mod.c     | 1 +
>  samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.c            | 1 +
>  samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-fix1.c       | 1 +
>  samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-fix2.c       | 1 +
I do not have a patch for these six

>  security/apparmor/policy_unpack_test.c          | 1 +
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240529-md-apparmor_policy_unpack_test-v1-1-9efc582078c4@quicinc.com/