Re: [PATCH] input: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #defines

From: Philippe Ombredanne
Date: Fri Nov 17 2017 - 09:52:24 EST


On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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. For some of these drivers, the #define is just a
> few lines above the MODULE_LICENSE() line, which is extra pointless.
>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
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Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne