linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cxl/region: Add module license declaration to cxl region module source code

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Message-ID: <664cbd06b5342_364af29491@iweiny-mobl.notmuch>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 10:25:58 -0500
From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To: <nifan.cxl@...il.com>, <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
	<alison.schofield@...el.com>, <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	<ira.weiny@...el.com>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	<Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
CC: <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <a.manzanares@...sung.com>,
	<dave@...olabs.net>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <nifan.cxl@...il.com>,
	Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl/region: Add module license declaration to cxl region
 module source code

nifan.cxl@ wrote:
> From: Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>
> 
> This change explicitly specifies the licensing terms for the CXL region
> module as GPL v2. This commit does not introduce any functional changes
> to the behavior or functionality of the CXL region module.
> It solely adds the MODULE_LICENSE declaration to the module source file.

Why is this needed?  The region code is added to cxl_core when built and
that module already reports the correct module license.

10:24:55 > modinfo cxl_core | grep lic
license:        GPL v2

Ira

> 
> Signed-off-by: Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> index 5c186e0a39b9..e299ddcbd1a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> @@ -3204,3 +3204,4 @@ void cxl_region_exit(void)
>  MODULE_IMPORT_NS(CXL);
>  MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DEVMEM);
>  MODULE_ALIAS_CXL(CXL_DEVICE_REGION);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>