linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/10] xenbus: add module description

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Message-ID: <385a8a49-262e-45d5-a642-50b778014e7d@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:43:45 +0100
From: Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
 Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@....qualcomm.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
 Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
 Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
 xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] xenbus: add module description

On 24.03.25 18:32, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Modules without a description now cause a warning:
> 
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>   drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c
> index fcb335bb7b18..8b75f8234baf 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c
> @@ -513,4 +513,5 @@ static int __init boot_wait_for_devices(void)
>   late_initcall(boot_wait_for_devices);
>   #endif
>   
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Frontend for Xen bus probe");

May I suggest "Xen PV-device frontend support" instead?


Juergen


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