Re: [PATCH 00/20] MODULE_LICENSE removals, fifth tranche

Greg KH
2023-03-09T16:39:10Z

On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 01:01:55PM +0000, Nick Alcock wrote:
> This series, based on current modules-next, is part of a treewide cleanup
> suggested by Luis Chamberlain, to remove the LICENSE_MODULE usage from
> files/objects that are not tristate. Due to recent changes to kbuild, these
> uses are now problematic. See the commit logs for more details.

Why isn't kbuild fixed instead? These files can have MODULE_AUTHOR()
and other macros when built into the kernel, what is so special about
MODULE_LICENSE() that prevents this from working properly?

There should not be a need to remove these markings in my opinion, why
treat one MODULE_* macro more special than others?

thanks,

greg k-h