Fix CI for Linux kernel module scan plugin

Signed-off-by: OctavioValdiviaMendoza <octavio.valdiviamendoza@sjsu.edu>

Author: OctavioValdiviaMendoza

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ jobs:
               # and we use the special --test-suite=plugins marker for these
               # tests
               additional_license_combined: |
-                venv/bin/pip install tests/licensedcode/data/additional_licenses/additional_plugin_1/
-                venv/bin/pip install tests/licensedcode/data/additional_licenses/additional_plugin_2/
+                venv/bin/pip install --no-deps tests/licensedcode/data/additional_licenses/additional_plugin_1/
+                venv/bin/pip install --no-deps tests/licensedcode/data/additional_licenses/additional_plugin_2/
                 venv/bin/scancode-reindex-licenses \
                   --additional-directory tests/licensedcode/data/additional_licenses/additional_dir/
                 venv/bin/pytest -vvs --test-suite=plugins \

pyproject-scancode-toolkit-mini.toml

@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ facet = "summarycode.facet:AddFacet"
 # module for details and doc.
 [project.entry-points.scancode_scan]
 info = "scancode.plugin_info:InfoScanner"
+lkm = "scancode.plugin_lkm:LinuxKernelModuleScanner"
 licenses = "licensedcode.plugin_license:LicenseScanner"
 copyrights = "cluecode.plugin_copyright:CopyrightScanner"
 packages = "packagedcode.plugin_package:PackageScanner"

src/scancode/plugin_lkm.py

@@ -114,9 +114,8 @@ def extract_modinfo(location: str) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
 
 def get_dependency_names(metadata: Dict[str, List[str]]) -> List[str]:
     """
-    Returns a list of strings, each being a kernel module name
-    Normalized fields to a list of strings derived from the '.modinfo' metadata. The 'depends' field is a
-    comma-separated list of required kernel module names 
+    Return normalized kernel module dependency names from '.modinfo' metadata.
+    The 'depends' field is a comma-separated list of required module names.
     """
     dependency_names = []
 

tests/scancode/data/help/help.txt

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Options:
   other scans:
     -i, --info   Scan <input> for file information (size, checksums, etc).
     --generated  Classify automatically generated code files with a flag.
+    --lkm        Scan Linux kernel module files for .modinfo metadata.
     -e, --email  Scan <input> for emails.
     -u, --url    Scan <input> for urls.
 

tests/scancode/data/help/help_linux.txt

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Options:
   other scans:
     -i, --info   Scan <input> for file information (size, checksums, etc).
     --generated  Classify automatically generated code files with a flag.
+    --lkm        Scan Linux kernel module files for .modinfo metadata.
     -e, --email  Scan <input> for emails.
     -u, --url    Scan <input> for urls.