linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/27] memory: tegra: remove MODULE

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Message-ID: <c6f39365-e840-d782-8ec0-e34ec3681b98@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 15:30:17 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>, mcgrof@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hitomi Hasegawa <hasegawa-hitomi@...itsu.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/27] memory: tegra: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

On 24/02/2023 16:07, Nick Alcock wrote:
> Since commit 8b41fc4454e ("kbuild: create modules.builtin without
> Makefile.modbuiltin or tristate.conf"), MODULE_LICENSE declarations
> are used to identify modules. As a consequence, uses of the macro
> in non-modules will cause modprobe to misidentify their containing
> object file as a module when it is not (false positives), and modprobe
> might succeed rather than failing with a suitable error message.
> 
> So remove it in the files in this commit, none of which can be built as
> modules.
> 

Applied as well. Squashed with next one. Same subject messes with b4, so
prefix should be corrected if these were to stay as separate patches.

Best regards,
Krzysztof