Re: [PATCH v5] checkpatch: introduce proper bindings license check

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Apr 14 2023 - 11:03:05 EST


On Fri, 2023-04-14 at 14:39 +0300, Dmitry Rokosov wrote:
> Hello Joe,
>
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 09:29:36AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 2:17 PM Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > All headers from 'include/dt-bindings/' must be verified by checkpatch
> > > together with Documentation bindings, because all of them are part of
> > > the whole DT bindings system.
> > >
> > > The requirement is dual licensed and matching patterns:
> > > * Schemas:
> > > /GPL-2\.0(?:-only)? OR BSD-2-Clause/
> > > * Headers:
> > > /GPL-2\.0(?:-only)? OR \S+/
> > >
> > > Above patterns suggested by Rob at:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAL_Jsq+-YJsBO+LuPJ=ZQ=eb-monrwzuCppvReH+af7hYZzNaQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > The issue was found during patch review:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230313201259.19998-4-ddrokosov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Changes v5 since v4 at [4]:
> > > - only capital OR is acceptable for SPDX per Rob's suggestion
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> > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Are you okay with this patch version? Rob is good with that, so please
> advise what the next step is.

Yes, I'm fine with it. Andrew Morton can apply it at his leisure.