+ kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
   a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
   b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
   c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
      reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's

*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***

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From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Subject: kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:44:05 -0700

Add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to some old kernel files.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260113234405.539422-1-tim.bird@sony.com
Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/cpu.c   |    3 +--
 kernel/relay.c |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/cpu.c~kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines
+++ a/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* CPU control.
  * (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Rusty Russell
- *
- * This code is licenced under the GPL.
  */
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
--- a/kernel/relay.c~kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines
+++ a/kernel/relay.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Public API and common code for kernel->userspace relay file support.
  *
@@ -9,8 +10,6 @@
  * Moved to kernel/relay.c by Paul Mundt, 2006.
  * November 2006 - CPU hotplug support by Mathieu Desnoyers
  * 	(mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
- *
- * This file is released under the GPL.
  */
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from tim.bird@sony.com are

kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch

+ kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
   a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
   b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
   c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
      reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's

*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***

The -mm tree is included into linux-next via various
branches at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
and is updated there most days

------------------------------------------------------
From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Subject: kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:40:21 -0700

Add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to some old kernel files.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260119224021.793309-1-tim.bird@sony.com
Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Acked-by: Karim Yaghmour <karim.yaghmour@opersys.com>
Cc: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rusty "Buggy" Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/cpu.c   |    3 +--
 kernel/relay.c |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/cpu.c~kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines
+++ a/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /* CPU control.
  * (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Rusty Russell
- *
- * This code is licenced under the GPL.
  */
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
--- a/kernel/relay.c~kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines
+++ a/kernel/relay.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Public API and common code for kernel->userspace relay file support.
  *
@@ -9,8 +10,6 @@
  * Moved to kernel/relay.c by Paul Mundt, 2006.
  * November 2006 - CPU hotplug support by Mathieu Desnoyers
  * 	(mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
- *
- * This file is released under the GPL.
  */
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from tim.bird@sony.com are

kernel-add-spdx-license-identifier-lines.patch