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[13/41] checkpatch: prefer MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") over MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2")

Message ID 20220323230557.46A3FC36AE2@smtp.kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series [01/41] proc: alloc PATH_MAX bytes for /proc/${pid}/fd/ symlinks | expand

Commit Message

Andrew Morton March 23, 2022, 11:05 p.m. UTC 
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: 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>
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 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-prefer-module_licensegpl-over-module_licensegpl-v2
+++ a/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