Re: [PATCH] RFC: ksmbd: provide MODULE_VERSION()

[Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.com>]

Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> writes:

> It is interesting that almost 700 kernel modules define
> MODULE_VERSION() for their module, but only 4 filesystems (including
> cifs.ko).  I find it useful mainly for seeing which fixes are in
> (since some distros do 'full backports' so easier to look at the
> module version sometimes to see what fixes are likely in the module
> when someone reports a problem).   I am curious why few fs use it
> though since it is apparently very widely used for other module types.

I find cifs.ko version quite useless, especially for distro and stable
kernels which take fixes from newer versions while not backporting the
commit that bumps cifs.ko version.  So relying on that version becomes
pointless, IMO.