linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 21/27] kbuild, dma-mapping: benchmark: remove MODULE

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Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:48:56 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>
Cc:     mcgrof@...nel.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hitomi Hasegawa <hasegawa-hitomi@...itsu.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/27] kbuild, dma-mapping: benchmark: remove
 MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 12:14:47PM +0000, Nick Alcock wrote:
> Since commit 8b41fc4454e ("kbuild: create modules.builtin without
> Makefile.modbuiltin or tristate.conf"), MODULE_LICENSE declarations
> are used to identify modules.

.. but this seems like a really odd design.  How is this going to
continue working once we can autogenerate the module license section
from the SPDX tags, which we eventually really should?