Hi,

Please note that I made a typo in my last name in the "From" and
"Signed-off-by" lines. My correct name is "Ivan Tverdokhleb".

If the patch is accepted, could you please apply it with the corrected name?

Thanks,
Ivan

ср, 28 окт. 2026 г. в 17:50, Ivan Tverdohleb <[email protected]>:
>
> Add documentation for the emit_base method within the ModInfoBuilder
> struct. Explain its role in formatting metadata strings, handling the
> differentiation between built-in and loadable modules, and managing
> linker sections and conditional compilation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Tverdohleb <[email protected]>
> ---
>  rust/macros/module.rs | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/macros/module.rs b/rust/macros/module.rs
> index 0a7b9e24c..6f361013f 100644
> --- a/rust/macros/module.rs
> +++ b/rust/macros/module.rs
> @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ fn new(module: &'a str) -> Self {
>          }
>      }
>
> +    /// Emits a single metadata entry into the module information table.
> +    ///
> +    /// This method formats a `field=content\0` byte string and places it 
> into the
> +    /// `.modinfo` linker section. For built-in modules (`builtin == true`), 
> the string
> +    /// is prefixed with the module name (`module.field=content\0`) to avoid 
> naming
> +    /// collisions in the final monolithic kernel binary.
> +    ///
> +    /// It automatically generates a unique static identifier using an 
> internal counter
> +    /// and applies appropriate conditional compilation attributes 
> (`#[cfg(MODULE)]` or
> +    /// `#[cfg(not(MODULE))]`) based on the target type.
>      fn emit_base(&mut self, field: &str, content: &str, builtin: bool, 
> param: bool) {
>          let string = if builtin {
>              // Built-in modules prefix their modinfo strings by `module.`.
> --
> 2.56.0
>

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