In the `module!` macro, the `author` field is currently of type `String`.
Since modules can have multiple authors, this limitation prevents
specifying more than one.
Add an `authors` field as `Option<Vec<String>>` to allow creating
modules with multiple authors, and change the documentation and all
current users to use it. Eventually, the single `author` field may
be removed.
[ The `modinfo` key needs to still be `author`; otherwise, tooling
may not work properly, e.g.:
$ modinfo --author samples/rust/rust_print.ko
Rust for Linux Contributors
I have also kept the original `author` field (undocumented), so
that we can drop it more easily in a kernel cycle or two.
- Miguel ]
Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/244
Reviewed-by: Charalampos Mitrodimas <charmitro@posteo.net>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250309175712.845622-2-trintaeoitogc@gmail.com
[ Fixed `modinfo` key. Kept `author` field. Reworded message
accordingly. Updated my email. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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