Re: [PATCH] vfio-mdev: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:17:41 -0700
Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 7/12/2024 3:36 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:>>>>   MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> >>>>   MODULE_INFO(supported, "Test driver that simulate serial port over PCI");
> >>>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Test driver that simulate serial port over PCI");  
> > 
> > Seems the preceding MODULE_INFO needs to be removed here.  At best the
> > added MODULE_DESCRIPTION is redundant, but "supported" is not a
> > standard tag, so it's not clear what the purpose of that tag was meant
> > to be anyway.  Thanks,
> > 
> > Alex  
> 
> My preference would be to just add the missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() with this
> patch since that fixes the existing warning. Removing an existing macro
> invocation is out of scope for what I'm trying to accomplish.

This adds a MODULE_DESCRIPTION that's redundant to the current
MODULE_INFO, therefore I'd argue that it's not out of scope to replace
the MODULE_INFO with a MODULE_DESCRIPTION to achieve your goal.  Thanks,

Alex





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