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-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 110cf243fa4e..843f6fa517cc 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1552,6 +1552,10 @@ static void read_symbols(char *modname)
}
license = get_modinfo(info.modinfo, info.modinfo_len, "license");
+ if (!license && !is_vmlinux(modname))
+ fatal("modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in %s\n"
+ "see include/linux/module.h for "
+ "more information\n", modname);
while (license) {
if (license_is_gpl_compatible(license))
mod->gpl_compatible = 1;