Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros

[Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>]

Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com> writes:
> On 6/15/2024 10:06 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>> With ARCH=powerpc, make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.o
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/powerpc/sysdev/rtc_cmos_setup.o
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.o
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.o
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cbe_thermal.o
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cpufreq_spudemand.o
>> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cbe_powerbutton.o
>> 
>> Add the missing invocation of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro to all
>> files which have a MODULE_LICENSE().
>> 
>> This includes 85xx/t1042rdb_diu.c and chrp/nvram.c which, although
>> they did not produce a warning with the powerpc allmodconfig
>> configuration, may cause this warning with other configurations.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
>> ---
>> Corrections to these descriptions are welcomed. I'm not an expert in
>> this code so in most cases I've taken these descriptions directly from
>> code comments, Kconfig descriptions, or git logs.  History has shown
>> that in some cases these are originally wrong due to cut-n-paste
>> errors, and in other cases the drivers have evolved such that the
>> original information is no longer accurate.
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>
> Following up to see if anything else is needed from me. Hoping to see this in
> linux-next so I can remove it from my tracking spreadsheet :)

I have this in my test branch, it will appear in linux-next next week.

A spreadsheet seems like overkill ;)

cheers