From 1fffe7a34c89b12b58f88b280bc10ce034477c3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 01:40:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] script: modpost: emit a warning when the description is
missing
Emit a warning when the mod description is missed and only
when the W=1 is enabled.
Reported-by: Roland Kletzing <devzero@web.de>
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10770
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 39cf43d61d518..983f507a47adc 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1720,6 +1720,8 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
}
}
+ if (extra_warn && !get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
+ warn("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", modname);
for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
--
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