linux-kernel - [PATCH] binder: remove MODULE

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Message-ID: <20250817135034.3692902-1-cmllamas@google.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:50:34 +0000
From: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	"Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@...roid.com>, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>, Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>, 
	Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, 
	Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc: Tiffany Yang <ynaffit@...gle.com>, John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>, kernel-team@...roid.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
Subject: [PATCH] binder: remove MODULE_LICENSE()

The MODULE_LICENSE() macro is intended for drivers that can be built as
loadable modules. The binder driver is always built-in, using this macro
here is unnecessary and potentially confusing. Remove it.

Cc: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/android/binder.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 312b462e349d..28634f786e70 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -7088,5 +7088,3 @@ device_initcall(binder_init);
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include "binder_trace.h"
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-- 
2.51.0.rc1.163.g2494970778-goog