netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: hso.c: remove unneeded DRIVER

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Message-Id: <20171118.103754.1194700313250064153.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 18 Nov 2017 10:37:54 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andreas@...nade.info, johan@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pombredanne@...b.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: hso.c: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #define

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:19:39 +0100

> There is no need to #define the license of the driver, just put it in
> the MODULE_LICENSE() line directly as a text string.
> 
> This allows tools that check that the module license matches the source
> code license to work properly, as there is no need to unwind the
> unneeded dereference.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>
> Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> Reported-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Applied.