From 6e8f42dc9c8548c6b37566f3b8bda1873700c4a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:05:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: prefer MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") over MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2") There is no effective difference. Given the large number of uses of "GPL v2", emit this message only for patches as a trivial treeside sed could be done one day. Ref: commit bf7fbeeae6db ("module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity") Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220128185924.80137-1-joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Cc: Dwaipayan Ray Cc: Lukas Bulwahn Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b01c36a..b7c181e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -7418,6 +7418,13 @@ sub process { WARN("MODULE_LICENSE", "unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr); } + if (!$file && $extracted_string eq '"GPL v2"') { + if (WARN("MODULE_LICENSE", + "Prefer \"GPL\" over \"GPL v2\" - see commit bf7fbeeae6db (\"module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE \"GPL\" vs. \"GPL v2\" bogosity\")\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bMODULE_LICENSE\s*\(\s*"GPL v2"\s*\)/MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")/; + } + } } # check for sysctl duplicate constants -- 2.7.4