linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: usbvision: remove unneeded DRIVER

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Message-ID: <20171117153818.GA12642@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:38:18 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Cc:     Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: usbvision: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #define

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:58:47PM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:18:26 +0100
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> escreveu:
> 
> > There is no need to #define the license of the driver, just put it in
> > the MODULE_LICENSE() line directly as a text string.
> > 
> > This allows tools that check that the module license matches the source
> > code license to work properly, as there is no need to unwind the
> > unneeded dereference.
> > 
> > Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
> > Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
> > Reported-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c | 3 +--
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c
> > index 960272d3c924..0f5954a1fea2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c
> > @@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
> >  #define DRIVER_NAME "usbvision"
> >  #define DRIVER_ALIAS "USBVision"
> >  #define DRIVER_DESC "USBVision USB Video Device Driver for Linux"
> > -#define DRIVER_LICENSE "GPL"
> >  #define USBVISION_VERSION_STRING "0.9.11"
> >  
> >  #define	ENABLE_HEXDUMP	0	/* Enable if you need it */
> > @@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(radio_nr, "Set radio device number (/dev/radioX).  Default: -1
> >  /* Misc stuff */
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
> >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
> > -MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> 
> Makes sense to me, but, if we look at the header of this file:
> 
>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>  * (at your option) any later version.
> 
> Its license is actually GPL 2.0+
> 
> So, I would actually change it to:
> 
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");

As Philippe points out, the original marking is correct.

Once we get SPDX tags on all of the kernel files, mis-matches, if they
are present, will be obvious to check for and fix up.  Which is why I
have submitted this patch :)

thanks,

greg k-h