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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2022-03-23 16:05:56 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-03-23 19:00:33 -0700
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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')
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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