Re: [PATCH -next] misc/pvpanic: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 03:01:03PM +0800, Qiheng Lin wrote:
> This patch adds missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE definition which generates
> correct modalias for automatic loading of this driver when it is built
> as an external module.
> 
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Qiheng Lin <linqiheng@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c b/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c
> index 9ecc4e8559d5..ccd7e32d3f55 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pvpanic_pci_id_tbl[]  = {
>  	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT, PCI_DEVICE_ID_REDHAT_PVPANIC)},
>  	{}
>  };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, pvpanic_pci_id_tbl);
>  
>  static ssize_t capability_show(struct device *dev,
>  			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> 

As I have said before, unless you have a user that reports a real
problem with these types of modules not automatically loading, I am not
going to take these patches, and you should probably stop generating
them.

thanks,

greg k-h