linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add missing bindings license check

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Message-ID: <c544814c20db7ae7662aa4c3b0ca728dced19f41.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:40:46 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@...rdevices.ru>,
        krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org, robh@...nel.org, apw@...onical.com,
        dwaipayanray1@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     kernel@...rdevices.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rockosov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add missing bindings license check

On Mon, 2023-03-20 at 23:33 +0300, Dmitry Rokosov wrote:
> All headers from 'include/dt-bindings/' must be verified by checkpatch
> together with Documentation bindings, because all of them are part of
> the whole DT bindings system.
> 
> The requirement is dual licensed and matching pattern:
>     /GPL-2\.0(?:-only|-or-later|\+)? (?:OR|or) BSD-2-Clause/
> 
> The issue was found during patch review:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230313201259.19998-4-ddrokosov@sberdevices.ru/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@...rdevices.ru>
> ---

Assuming the devicetree people are good with this change:

Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

> Changes v3 since v2 at [2]:
>     - replace 'not =~' expression with '!~' to be aligned with other
>       checkpatch lines
> 
> Changes v2 since v1 at [1]:
>     - include/dt-bindings check is aligned to open parens
>     - introduce more strict pattern for bindings license:
>       /GPL-2\.0(?:-only|-or-later|\+)? (?:OR|or) BSD-2-Clause/
> 
> Links:
>     [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230317201621.15518-1-ddrokosov@sberdevices.ru/
>     [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230320100027.27788-1-ddrokosov@sberdevices.ru/
> ---
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl

> @@ -3709,8 +3709,9 @@ sub process {
>  						WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
>  						     "'$spdx_license' is not supported in LICENSES/...\n" . $herecurr);
>  					}
> -					if ($realfile =~ m@...cumentation/devicetree/bindings/@ &&
> -					    not $spdx_license =~ /GPL-2\.0.*BSD-2-Clause/) {
> +					if (($realfile =~ m@...cumentation/devicetree/bindings/@ ||
> +					     $realfile =~ m@...clude/dt-bindings/@) &&
> +					    $spdx_license !~ /GPL-2\.0(?:-only|-or-later|\+)? (?:OR|or) BSD-2-Clause/) {
>  						my $msg_level = \&WARN;
>  						$msg_level = \&CHK if ($file);
>  						if (&{$msg_level}("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",