linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: csiostor: remove unneeded DRIVER

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Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:15:45 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Varun Prakash <varun@...lsio.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: csiostor: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #define


Greg,

> 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.

Applied to 4.16/scsi-queue, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering