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From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 09:18:20AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 08:43:10AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 08:19:56PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > > Hang on, are we applying our own local modifications to code vendored
> > > from an outside repository?
> > 
> > For adding a single license line, I think it's going to be ok, those are
> > trivial to handle :)
> 
> They'll still be lost when the package is updated from upstream. Just do
> a proper upstream patch - I see no reason why SPDX identifiers wouldn't
> be accepted by the host project.

Great, then submit them upstream also, but for now, when added to the
kernel tree, they need to be present.

thanks,

greg k-h