netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/10] Fix MODULE

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Message-ID: <20240111161400.067dd107@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:14:00 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/10] Fix MODULE_DESCRIPTION() for net (p1)

On Mon,  8 Jan 2024 10:16:00 -0800 Breno Leitao wrote:
> There are hundreds of network modules that misses MODULE_DESCRIPTION(),
> causing a warnning when compiling with W=1. Example:
> 
> 	WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/net/arcnet/com90io.o
> 	WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/net/arcnet/arc-rimi.o
> 	WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/net/arcnet/com20020.o
> 
> I am working with Jakub to address them, and eventually get a clean W=1
> build.

As discussed with Paolo offline I'll cherry-pick the patches which
were good from here for net. Because these warnings are generated
at linking time they _all_ pop up on _every_ build our bots do, even
if it's an incremental build touching a tiny corner of the kernel.
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