linux-kernel - RE: linux-next: build warning after merge of the spi tree

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Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:39:55 +0000
From:   Yogesh Narayan Gaur <yogeshnarayan.gaur@....com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
CC:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>,
        Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: linux-next: build warning after merge of the spi tree

Hi Stephen,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Rothwell [mailto:sfr@...b.auug.org.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 1:57 PM
> To: Yogesh Narayan Gaur <yogeshnarayan.gaur@....com>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>; Linux Next Mailing List <linux-
> next@...r.kernel.org>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>;
> Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>; Boris Brezillon
> <bbrezillon@...nel.org>
> Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the spi tree
> 
> Hi Yogesh,
> 
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:57:51 +0000 Yogesh Narayan Gaur
> <yogeshnarayan.gaur@....com> wrote:
> >
> > > WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in
> > > drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.o see include/linux/module.h for more
> > > information
> > >
> > Can someone help in pointing out that why above warning message is coming
> for mentioned commit.
> > Below MODULE_LICENSE string is present in the above mentioned file,
> drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c.
> >     MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> 
> The version in linux-next has no such line.
> 
Yes, somehow this missing line was appended to the commit message instead of the actual in patchwork, also being pointed out by Frieder in his reply.
Sorry for this.

I have send fix patch for this warning message [1]. Please check the patch and apply.

--
Regards,
Yogesh Gaur

[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1032586/

> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell