Re: [PATCH] script: modpost: require a MODULE_DESCRIPTION()

[Guenter Roeck]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:49:02PM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> 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

ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-mgr-test.o
ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-bridge-test.o
ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-region-test.o

I am going to disable the affected code in my tests.

Guenter