[LU-6204] modinfo data is stale, and would be nice if they included the lustre version

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.8.0
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: WC Triage
• Reporter: Robert Read

Description

At least some of the description and author fields are bit out of date. For example, here are a couple from a relative recent master build:

$ modinfo lustre
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.29.2.el6_lustre.g61d3d7e.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/lustre.ko
license:        GPL
description:    Lustre Lite Client File System
author:         Sun Microsystems, Inc. <http://www.lustre.org/>
srcversion:     DE8D25CD9D11413C43993B7
depends:        obdclass,ptlrpc,libcfs,lov,lmv,mdc,lnet
vermagic:       2.6.32-431.29.2.el6_lustre.g61d3d7e.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions

$ modinfo lnet
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.29.2.el6_lustre.g61d3d7e.x86_64/extra/kernel/net/lustre/lnet.ko
license:        GPL
description:    Portals v3.1
author:         Peter J. Braam <[e-mail]>
srcversion:     926B9ED8F12D01E0679DE04
depends:        libcfs
vermagic:       2.6.32-431.29.2.el6_lustre.g61d3d7e.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: ....

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-4011 problems with upstream lustre client code
• is related to: LU-1289 Fix Linux module version

Comments

[Peter Jones]

Landed for 2.8

[James A Simmons]

All the module info is not up to date. This ticket can be closed.

[Gerrit Updater]

Oleg Drokin ([e-mail]) merged in patch http://review.whamcloud.com/16787/
Subject: LU-6204 build: clean up kernel module metadata
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set:
Commit: 671c1b0c705640d63a1d3be7016c79afd10bc8df

[Gerrit Updater]

Oleg Drokin ([e-mail]) merged in patch http://review.whamcloud.com/16729/
Subject: LU-6204 misc: Add missing MODULE_VERSION for lustre
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set:
Commit: dd16884e8e367007e792708901bdf55ffeac665b

[Gerrit Updater]

Andreas Dilger ([e-mail]) uploaded a new patch: http://review.whamcloud.com/16787
Subject: LU-6204 build: clean up kernel module metadata
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: c67d3395ec850ca8de2419069948e04df72d2e61

[Gerrit Updater]

James Simmons ([e-mail]) uploaded a new patch: http://review.whamcloud.com/16729
Subject: LU-6204 misc: Add missing MODULE_VERSION for lustre
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: 8ee1122fb450884f514eed28bbf66a796bb5a749

[James A Simmons]

Need one more patch to add in missing MODULE_VERSION for lustre modules.

[Gerrit Updater]

Oleg Drokin ([e-mail]) merged in patch http://review.whamcloud.com/16132/
Subject: LU-6204 misc: Update module author to OpenSFS
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set:
Commit: e655d8abdcecc60c80ff43ac291943d4da1488b5

[Gerrit Updater]

James Simmons ([e-mail]) uploaded a new patch: http://review.whamcloud.com/16132
Subject: LU-6204 misc: Update module author to Intel
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: 77c8b21b1a2343fd8c9c5b1476e8f270d1c53b3d