linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad FSF address

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Message-ID: <2025072806-swept-retype-4f7c@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:34:43 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Marc-Etienne Vargenau (Nokia)" <marc-etienne.vargenau@...ia.com>
Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org" <linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad
 FSF address

Please don't top-post on kernel mailing lists.

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 03:19:51PM +0000, Marc-Etienne Vargenau (Nokia) wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I agree this is not major, but it means that for example Yocto creates invalid SPDX SBOMs that must be fixed before it can be used.

Then Yocto already has that regex setup as the kernel has many such
instances of this.

> It’s better to use the correct syntax in the kernel.

Again, either is fine for now, as per our documentation, don't add
additional requirements for contributors that are not there at all.

thanks,

greg k-h