Re: [PATCH 2/3] drivers: Replace __MODULE_STRING() with __stringify()

From: Guenter Roeck

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 13:25:35 EST


On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 03:32:22PM +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> __MODULE_STRING() has been an alias for __stringify() since "[PATCH]
> MODULE_PARM support for older modules" [1] in 2002-12. That change also
> moved it to the graveyard section at the end of linux/module.h
>
> Replace the remaining uses of __MODULE_STRING() with __stringify() in
> preparation for its removal.
>
> Link: https://git.kernel.org/tglx/history/c/136839a1b4 [1]
> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/hwmon/nct7904.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/hwmon/sch56xx-common.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/hwmon/w83793.c | 5 +++--

I don't know how other subsystem maintainers want to handle it,
but please send the hwmon patches separately; I'll want to apply
it through the hwmon tree to avoid the potential of merge conflicts.

Thanks,
Guenter