Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] module: remove MODULE_VERSION()

Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 08:55:42 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kbuild.devel,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.modules
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 03:02:23PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Module "versions" do not make sense as the kernel is built all at once,
> the "version" is the overall kernel version number, so modules can not
> really be described as having a unique version given that they rely on
> the infrastructure of the whole kernel.
> 
> For now, just make this an "empty" define, to keep existing code
> building properly as the tree is slowly purged of the use of this over
> time.
> 
> This macro will be removed entirely in the future when there are no
> in-tree users.

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>