Re: [PATCH] nfsd: add a MODULE_DESCRIPTION

[NeilBrown]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023, Jeff Layton wrote:
> I got this today from modpost:
> 
>     WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nfsd/nfsd.o
> 
> Add a module description.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> index 1b8b1aab9a15..7070969a38b5 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> @@ -1626,6 +1626,7 @@ static void __exit exit_nfsd(void)
>  }
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Olaf Kirch <okir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("The Linux kernel NFS server");

Of 9176 MODULE_DESCRIPTIONs in Linux, 21 start with "The ".
Does having that word add anything useful?
Amusingly 129 end with a period.  I wonder what Jon Corbet would prefer
:-) 

A few tell us what the module does.
"Measures" "Provides"....
Do we want "Implements" ??

232 start "Driver " and 214 are "Driver for"....
Should we have "Server for" ??

26 start "Linux" ... which seems a bit redundant
  12 contain "for Linux".  67 mention linux in some way.
28 contain the word "kernel" - also redundant.
Only three (others) mention "Linux kernel"

drivers/pcmcia/cs.c:MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux Kernel Card Services");
fs/ksmbd/server.c:MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux kernel CIFS/SMB SERVER");
fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c:MODULE_DESCRIPTION("The Linux Kernel VFS interface to ORANGEFS");

hmmm..  192 contain the word "module".  Fortunately none say 
  "Linux kernel module for ..."
I would have found that to be a step too far.

I'd like to suggest

  "Implements Server for NFS - v2, 3, v4.{0,1,2}"

But that would require excessive #ifdef magic to get right.

A small part of me wants to suggest:

   "nfsd"

but maybe I'm just in a whimsical mood today.

NeilBrown


>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  module_init(init_nfsd)
>  module_exit(exit_nfsd)
> -- 
> 2.41.0
> 
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