linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH 17/27] memory: remove MODULE

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Date:   Mon,  6 Mar 2023 15:28:09 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     mcgrof@...nel.org, Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Hitomi Hasegawa <hasegawa-hitomi@...itsu.com>,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH 17/27] memory: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:08:01 +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. 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.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[17/27] memory: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules
        https://git.kernel.org/krzk/linux-mem-ctrl/c/38ffd3eca02502d1d41b8f1430e5a8e302522bd4

Best regards,
-- 
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>