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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>, axboe@kernel.dk, linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] bcache: Split out crc64 to library
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 14:42:35 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d00e1db87dec40dcc2a78f06a62e7df8fbfbdd51.camel@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b7b0e4a9-10bf-dbff-f8ab-979345f3cd3b@suse.de>

On Tue, 2018-05-22 at 18:33 +0800, Coly Li wrote:
> On 2018/5/22 5:31 PM, Coly Li wrote:
> > From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > 
> > For generic use split out crc64 code to a separate module
> > in the library folder.
> > 
> > No functional change intended.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
> 
> Hi Jens and Andy,
> 
> After discussed on mailing list, I realize the original crc64 code was
> copied from postgreSQL with PostgreSQL license. So we are not able to
> move the code into lib/crc64 and grant GPL license to the symbols.

Indeed, I also didn't pay much attention to the exporting the symbols.
Another question if that code may be present in kernel in the first
place.

> I will ask lawyers about how to handle the license issue.
> For this moment I will hold this patch and not submit it to Linux
> v4.18.

You still can apply the rest of clean ups which do not touch this part.

> Sorry for the inconvenience.

I have to apologize as well for not being picky about licenses when was
cooking a patch.

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-22 11:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-22  9:31 [PATCH 0/5] bcache patches for 4.18 Coly Li
2018-05-22  9:31 ` [PATCH 1/5] bcache: stop bcache device when backing device is offline Coly Li
2018-05-22  9:31 ` [PATCH 2/5] bcache: Split out crc64 to library Coly Li
2018-05-22 10:33   ` Coly Li
2018-05-22 11:42     ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2018-05-22 13:03       ` Coly Li
2018-05-22  9:31 ` [PATCH 3/5] bcache: Move couple of string arrays to sysfs.c Coly Li
2018-05-22  9:31 ` [PATCH 4/5] bcache: Move couple of functions " Coly Li
2018-05-22  9:32 ` [PATCH 5/5] bcache: Replace bch_read_string_list() by __sysfs_match_string() Coly Li

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