Re: [PATCH] s390/lcs: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro

From: Alexandra Winter
Date: Mon Jun 17 2024 - 03:14:37 EST




On 16.06.24 06:23, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> With ARCH=s390, make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/s390/net/lcs.o
>
> Add the missing invocation of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/s390/net/lcs.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
> index 25d4e6376591..83807ce823e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
> @@ -2380,5 +2380,6 @@ module_init(lcs_init_module);
> module_exit(lcs_cleanup_module);
>
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Frank Pavlic <fpavlic@xxxxxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("S/390 Lan Channel Station Network Driver");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: 83a7eefedc9b56fe7bfeff13b6c7356688ffa670
> change-id: 20240615-md-s390-drivers-s390-net-78a9068f1004
>
>


Thank you very much Jeff for noticing this and sending a patch.

I propose to describe the module as
"LAN channel station device driver"
as this is the term and spelling used in the documentation, e.g. here:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/linux-on-systems?topic=n-lcs-device-driver-4

Please send a v2