On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 02:42:43PM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> When building modules with W=1, modpost will warn if a module is
> missing a MODULE_DESCRIPTION. Unfortunately, it also performs this
> test on vmlinux.o:
>
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in vmlinux.o
>
> Relocate the logic so that the test is not performed on vmlinux.o.
>
> Fixes: 1fffe7a34c89 ("script: modpost: emit a warning when the description is missing")
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Hi Jeff,
you're a few hours too late:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20240606183921.1128911-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx/
Kind regards,
Nicolas
> scripts/mod/modpost.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index 937294ff164f..f48d72d22dc2 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -1647,10 +1647,11 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
> namespace = get_next_modinfo(&info, "import_ns",
> namespace);
> }
> +
> + if (extra_warn && !get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
> + warn("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", modname);
> }
>
> - if (extra_warn && !get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
> - warn("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", modname);
> for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
> symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: 19ca0d8a433ff37018f9429f7e7739e9f3d3d2b4
> change-id: 20240607-md-scripts-mod-7f7ff091e02b
>
>
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