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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2022-03-23 16:05:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-03-23 19:00:33 -0700 |
| commit | 6e8f42dc9c8548c6b37566f3b8bda1873700c4a6 (patch) | |
| tree | c523cea69571715f94eda59223064b3baea348e7 /scripts/checkpatch.pl | |
| parent | 2699e5143c9b071d68b12b9a86b6312866a6160b (diff) | |
| download | linux-6e8f42dc9c8548c6b37566f3b8bda1873700c4a6.tar.bz2 | |
checkpatch: prefer MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") over MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2")
There is no effective difference.
Given the large number of uses of "GPL v2", emit this message only for
patches as a trivial treeside sed could be done one day.
Ref: commit bf7fbeeae6db ("module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220128185924.80137-1-joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b01c36a15d9d..b7c181ea0ac5 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -7418,6 +7418,13 @@ sub process { WARN("MODULE_LICENSE", "unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr); } + if (!$file && $extracted_string eq '"GPL v2"') { + if (WARN("MODULE_LICENSE", + "Prefer \"GPL\" over \"GPL v2\" - see commit bf7fbeeae6db (\"module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE \"GPL\" vs. \"GPL v2\" bogosity\")\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bMODULE_LICENSE\s*\(\s*"GPL v2"\s*\)/MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")/; + } + } } # check for sysctl duplicate constants |