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

[Philippe Ombredanne]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 3:20 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, especially when the string is defined just a few
> lines above the usage of it.
>
> Cc: Jon Mason <jdmason@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Allen Hubbe <Allen.Hubbe@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@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