Re: [PATCH] binder: Add missing module description

From: Carlos Llamas
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 13:36:37 EST


On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 09:30:18AM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> During build modpost issues a warning:
>
> # MODPOST Module.symvers
> ./scripts/mod/modpost -M -m -b -o Module.symvers -n -T modules.order vmlinux.o
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/android/binder_linux.o
>
> Fix this by adding the missing module description.

I'm not against having a description but binder is not tristate. Judging
from the 'binder_linux.o' this seems to be some OOT version? Otherwise,
I'm not sure you would be able to reproduce the warn.

>
> Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <benh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1587
> Suggested-by: Ben Hutchings <benh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/android/binder.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
> index 312b462e349d..0c2e38ff3a3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
> @@ -7090,3 +7090,4 @@ device_initcall(binder_init);
> #include "binder_trace.h"
>
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Android Binder IPC Driver");
> --
> 2.50.1
>