Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove obsolete __MODULE_STRING()

[Petr Pavlu]

On 11/9/26 7:07 PM, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2026, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 10/14/26 11:36 AM, Petr Pavlu wrote:
>>> On 10/2/26 10:31 AM, 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() and
>>>> remove the macro.
>>>>
>>>> Apologies for the wide distribution. Acked-bys are appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://git.kernel.org/tglx/history/c/136839a1b4
>>>
>>> I've queued the second patch ("drivers: Replace __MODULE_STRING() with
>>> __stringify()") on modules-next for v7.4-rc1. Thanks for the Acked-byes
>>> and reviews.
>>>
>>> The first patch ("hwmon: Replace __MODULE_STRING() with __stringify()")
>>> should go through the hwmon tree. Once these changes are in mainline,
>>> I plan to pick up the final patch ("module: Remove obsolete
>>> __MODULE_STRING()").
>>
>> v7.4-rc1 no longer contains any __MODULE_STRING() calls, so I've queued
>> the final removal in patch 3 on modules-next for 7.5-rc1.
> 
> Perhaps send it for v7.4-rc3 to prevent *new* __MODULE_STRING() users
> from cropping up between now and v7.5-rc1?
If I need to send an earlier pull request for the module loader, I'll
include this patch as well.

-- Petr