linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] locking/lock_events: Fix license version

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:46:53 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locking/lock_events: Fix license version

Le 25/09/2022 à 16:44, Christophe JAILLET a écrit :
> SPDX-License-Identifier is GPL-2.0, but the license text states "either
> version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version."
> 
> So update the SPDX-License-Identifier to GPL-2.0-or-later.
> 
> Remove the license text as well. It is useless now.
> 
> Fixes: ad53fa10fa9e ("locking/qspinlock_stat: Introduce generic lockevent_*() counting APIs")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
>   kernel/locking/lock_events.h | 12 +-----------
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/lock_events.h b/kernel/locking/lock_events.h
> index 8c7e7d25f09c..ba17c5be3c2b 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/lock_events.h
> +++ b/kernel/locking/lock_events.h
> @@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
>   /*
> - * 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.
> - *
> - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
> - *
>    * Authors: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
>    */
>   

NACK.
I'll send a v2, another .h file in the same directory has the same issue.

CJ