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From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
To: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>,
	Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] modpost: do not warn about missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() for vmlinux.o
Date: Fri,  7 Jun 2024 03:36:12 +0900
Message-ID: <20240606183921.1128911-1-masahiroy@kernel.org>
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Building with W=1 incorrectly emits the following warning:

  WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in vmlinux.o

This check should apply only to modules.

Fixes: 1fffe7a34c89 ("script: modpost: emit a warning when the description is missing")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 937294ff164f..f48d72d22dc2 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1647,10 +1647,11 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
 			namespace = get_next_modinfo(&info, "import_ns",
 						     namespace);
 		}
+
+		if (extra_warn && !get_modinfo(&info, "description"))
+			warn("missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in %s\n", 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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