[PATCH 13/27] mctp: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

[PATCH 13/27] mctp: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

[Nick Alcock]

Since commit 8b41fc4454e ("kbuild: create modules.builtin without
Makefile.modbuiltin or tristate.conf"), MODULE_LICENSE declarations
are used to identify modules. As a consequence, uses of the macro
in non-modules will cause modprobe to misidentify their containing
object file as a module when it is not (false positives), and modprobe
might succeed rather than failing with a suitable error message.

So remove it in the files in this commit, none of which can be built as
modules.

Signed-off-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Suggested-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Hitomi Hasegawa <hasegawa-hitomi@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au>
Cc: Matt Johnston <matt@codeconstruct.com.au>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
---
 net/mctp/af_mctp.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mctp/af_mctp.c b/net/mctp/af_mctp.c
index fc9e728b6333..2e763c398e92 100644
--- a/net/mctp/af_mctp.c
+++ b/net/mctp/af_mctp.c
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@ subsys_initcall(mctp_init);
 module_exit(mctp_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MCTP core");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au>");
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_NETPROTO(PF_MCTP);
-- 
2.39.1.268.g9de2f9a303

[PATCH 27/27] lib: packing: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

[Nick Alcock]

Since commit 8b41fc4454e ("kbuild: create modules.builtin without
Makefile.modbuiltin or tristate.conf"), MODULE_LICENSE declarations
are used to identify modules. As a consequence, uses of the macro
in non-modules will cause modprobe to misidentify their containing
object file as a module when it is not (false positives), and modprobe
might succeed rather than failing with a suitable error message.

So remove it in the files in this commit, none of which can be built as
modules.

Signed-off-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Suggested-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Hitomi Hasegawa <hasegawa-hitomi@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
---
 lib/packing.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/packing.c b/lib/packing.c
index a96169237ae6..3f656167c17e 100644
--- a/lib/packing.c
+++ b/lib/packing.c
@@ -198,5 +198,4 @@ int packing(void *pbuf, u64 *uval, int startbit, int endbit, size_t pbuflen,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(packing);
 
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic bitfield packing and unpacking");
-- 
2.39.1.268.g9de2f9a303

Re: [PATCH 27/27] lib: packing: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 03:08:11PM +0000, Nick Alcock wrote:
> Since commit 8b41fc4454e ("kbuild: create modules.builtin without
> Makefile.modbuiltin or tristate.conf"), MODULE_LICENSE declarations
> are used to identify modules. As a consequence, uses of the macro
> in non-modules will cause modprobe to misidentify their containing
> object file as a module when it is not (false positives), and modprobe
> might succeed rather than failing with a suitable error message.
> 
> So remove it in the files in this commit, none of which can be built as
> modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
> Suggested-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Hitomi Hasegawa <hasegawa-hitomi@fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  lib/packing.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/packing.c b/lib/packing.c
> index a96169237ae6..3f656167c17e 100644
> --- a/lib/packing.c
> +++ b/lib/packing.c
> @@ -198,5 +198,4 @@ int packing(void *pbuf, u64 *uval, int startbit, int endbit, size_t pbuflen,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(packing);
>  
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic bitfield packing and unpacking");
> -- 
> 2.39.1.268.g9de2f9a303
> 

Is this a bug fix? Does it need a Fixes: tag? How is it supposed to be
merged? lib/packing.c is maintained by netdev, and I believe that netdev
maintainers would prefer netdev patches to be submitted separately.

Note that I was copied only on this patch, I haven't read the cover
letter if that exists.

Re: [PATCH 27/27] lib: packing: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:22:14 +0200 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Is this a bug fix? Does it need a Fixes: tag? How is it supposed to be
> merged? lib/packing.c is maintained by netdev, and I believe that netdev
> maintainers would prefer netdev patches to be submitted separately.

As Vladimir said, if you repost just patches 13 and 27 of this series
to netdev - we can take them in right away.