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

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:27:33 +0000
Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com> wrote:

> + Alex.
> 
> Reviewed by : Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>

Mind the syntax, Reviewed-by:

Also a comment below...

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 12:01 AM
> > To: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
> > Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; kernel-
> > janitors@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio-mdev: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros
> > 
> > On 5/23/24 17:12, Jeff Johnson wrote:  
> > > Fix the 'make W=1' warnings:
> > > WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/vfio-  
> > mdev/mtty.o  
> > > WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/vfio-  
> > mdev/mdpy.o  
> > > WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/vfio-  
> > mdev/mdpy-fb.o  
> > > WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/vfio-  
> > mdev/mbochs.o  
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
> > > ---
> > >   samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c  | 1 +
> > >   samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy-fb.c | 1 +
> > >   samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c    | 1 +
> > >   samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c    | 1 +
> > >   4 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
> > > index 9062598ea03d..836456837997 100644
> > > --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
> > > +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
> > > @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
> > >   #define STORE_LE32(addr, val)	(*(u32 *)addr = val)
> > >
> > >
> > > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mediated virtual PCI display host device driver");
> > >   MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > >
> > >   static int max_mbytes = 256;
> > > diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy-fb.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy-fb.c
> > > index 4598bc28acd9..149af7f598f8 100644
> > > --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy-fb.c
> > > +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy-fb.c
> > > @@ -229,4 +229,5 @@ static int __init mdpy_fb_init(void)
> > >   module_init(mdpy_fb_init);
> > >
> > >   MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, mdpy_fb_pci_table);
> > > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Framebuffer driver for mdpy (mediated virtual pci  
> > display device)");  
> > >   MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > > diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> > > index 27795501de6e..8104831ae125 100644
> > > --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> > > +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> > > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
> > >   #define STORE_LE32(addr, val)	(*(u32 *)addr = val)
> > >
> > >
> > > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mediated virtual PCI display host device driver");
> > >   MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > >
> > >   #define MDPY_TYPE_1 "vga"
> > > diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
> > > index 2284b3751240..40e7d154455e 100644
> > > --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
> > > +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
> > > @@ -2059,5 +2059,6 @@ module_exit(mtty_dev_exit)
> > >
> > >   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

> > >   MODULE_VERSION(VERSION_STRING);
> > >   MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
> > >
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: 5c4069234f68372e80e4edfcce260e81fd9da007
> > > change-id: 20240523-md-vfio-mdev-381f74bf87f1
> > >  
> > 
> > I don't see this in linux-next yet so following up to see if anything
> > else is needed to get this merged.
> > 
> > I hope to have these warnings fixed tree-wide in 6.11.
> > 
> > /jeff