Re: [PATCH v2] script: modpost: emit a warning when the description is missing

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On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 5:06 AM Vincenzo Palazzo
<vincenzopalazzodev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 9:01 PM Vincenzo Palazzo
> > <vincenzopalazzodev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Emit a warning when the mod description is missed and only
> > > when the W=1 is enabled.
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Roland Kletzing <devzero@xxxxxx>
> > > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10770
> > > Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  scripts/mod/modpost.c | 4 ++++
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > > index efff8078e395..433518dfc472 100644
> > > --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > > +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > > @@ -1824,6 +1824,10 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
> > >                 }
> > >         }
> > >
> > > +#ifdef WARN
> > > +       if (!get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
> > > +               warn("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", modname);
> > > +#endif
> > >         for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
> > >                 symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
> >
> >
> > Sorry for the delay.
> >
> > Users need to do "make HOSTCFLAGS=-DWARN" to make it work,
> > but nobody would do it.
> >
> >
> > I did a ground work:
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/patch/20230606094159.1910369-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >
>
> Uh, thanks for doing this!
>
> >
> >
> > Then, you can do like this:
> >
> >   if (extra_warn && !get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
> >            warn("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", modname);
> >
>
> Do you preferer that I rebase on top of your patch? or just waiting that
> your patch will be in next?


Whichever. Your patch changes a different hunk,
so no merge conflict would happen anyway.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada




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