[PATCH] script: modpost: require a MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
From: Jeff Johnson
Date: Tue Mar 11 2025 - 15:50:05 EST
Since commit 1fffe7a34c89 ("script: modpost: emit a warning when the
description is missing"), a module without a MODULE_DESCRIPTION() has
resulted in a warning with make W=1. Since that time, all known
instances of this issue have been fixed. Therefore, now make it an
error if a MODULE_DESCRIPTION() is not present.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
did my treewide cleanup for v6.11, Arnd had a few more stragglers that
he was going to fix. I hope that by posting, some of the 0-day bots
will pick it up and hopefully provide some feedback.
Note: I'm not really sure if *all* of these have been fixed. After I
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c35d22607978..c0b7a869ed24 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1596,8 +1596,8 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
namespace);
}
- if (extra_warn && !get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
- warn("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", modname);
+ if (!get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
+ error("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", modname);
}
for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
---
base-commit: 4d872d51bc9d7b899c1f61534e3dbde72613f627
change-id: 20250311-moddesc-error-2ad949dcc6ba