linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] 6lowpan: add a license to 6lowpan

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Message-Id: <54C711A5-F3BA-4327-B070-3DBE884543D1@holtmann.org>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:49:09 -0800
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>
Cc:	Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
	Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	BlueZ development <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jukka Rissanen <jukka.rissanen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 6lowpan: add a license to 6lowpan_iphc module

Hi Yann,

> Since commit 8df8c56a5abc, 6lowpan_iphc is a module of its own.
> 
> Unfortunately, it lacks some infrastructure to behave like a
> good kernel citizen:
> 
>  kernel: 6lowpan_iphc: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
>  kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
> 
> This patch adds the basic MODULE_LICENSE(); with GPL license:
> the code was copied from net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c which is GPL
> and the module exports symbol with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL();.
> 
> Cc: Jukka Rissanen <jukka.rissanen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
> Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>
> ---
> net/ieee802154/6lowpan_iphc.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_iphc.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_iphc.c
> index e14fe8b2c054..860aa2d445ba 100644
> --- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_iphc.c
> +++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_iphc.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
> 
> #include <linux/bitops.h>
> #include <linux/if_arp.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/netdevice.h>
> #include <net/ipv6.h>
> #include <net/af_ieee802154.h>
> @@ -797,3 +798,5 @@ int lowpan_header_compress(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
> 	return 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lowpan_header_compress);
> +
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL”);

looks good to me.

Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>

Regards

Marcel

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