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module: preferred way to use MODULE_AUTHOR
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module-preferred-way-to-use-module_author.patch
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Subject: module: preferred way to use MODULE_AUTHOR
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
For the longest time now we've been using multiple MODULE_AUTHOR()
statements when a module has more than one author, but the comment here
disagrees.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/module.h | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN include/linux/module.h~module-preferred-way-to-use-module_author include/linux/module.h
--- a/include/linux/module.h~module-preferred-way-to-use-module_author
+++ a/include/linux/module.h
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
*/
#define MODULE_LICENSE(_license) MODULE_INFO(license, _license)
-/* Author, ideally of form NAME[, NAME]*[ and NAME] */
+/*
+ * Author(s), use "Name <email>" or just "Name", for multiple
+ * authors use multiple MODULE_AUTHOR() statements/lines.
+ */
#define MODULE_AUTHOR(_author) MODULE_INFO(author, _author)
/* What your module does. */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
module-preferred-way-to-use-module_author.patch
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