From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Mayur Kumar" <kmayur809@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: sb_wdog: add missing SPDX license identifier
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 21:44:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260511214422.1FDEFC2BCB0@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260510191847.50499-1-kmayur809@gmail.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] The applied SPDX-License-Identifier (GPL-2.0-only) contradicts the explicit license boilerplate already present in the file.
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commit 64e66089a6e522c77284fd01a8849e12869d23c7
Author: Mayur Kumar <kmayur809@gmail.com>
watchdog: sb_wdog: add missing SPDX license identifier
This patch resolves a checkpatch warning by adding an SPDX license
identifier to the driver source file. It defaults the license to
GPL-2.0-only.
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
> index eaa68b54cf567..03db71a43d6fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> /*
> * Watchdog driver for SiByte SB1 SoCs
> *
Does the GPL-2.0-only SPDX identifier contradict the explicit license
boilerplate already present in this file?
Looking at the existing header comment block:
drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c:
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* version 1 or 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Applying GPL-2.0-only restricts the file to GPLv2 only, which strips the
explicitly granted GPLv1 permission and creates a licensing ambiguity for
downstream users.
Should the SPDX identifier be updated to match the existing boilerplate text?
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260510191847.50499-1-kmayur809@gmail.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-11 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-10 19:18 [PATCH] watchdog: sb_wdog: add missing SPDX license identifier Mayur Kumar
2026-05-11 14:24 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-05-11 21:44 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-05-11 22:07 ` Guenter Roeck
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