linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpu: gma500: remove unneeded DRIVER

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Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:16:06 +0100
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:     Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpu: gma500: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #define

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 03:50:25PM +0100, Philippe Ombredanne wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > 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, especially when the string is defined in a .h file
> > far away from the .c file it is used in.
> >
> > Cc: Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.r.jakobsson@...il.com>
> > Cc: David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
> > Reported-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>

Queued for 4.16, it'll pop up in linux-next as soon as -rc1 is tagged.
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch