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checkpatch: prefer MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") over MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2")

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There is no effective difference.

Given the large number of uses of "GPL v2", emit this message only for
patches as a trivial treeside sed could be done one day.

Ref: commit bf7fbeeae6 ("module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity")

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <[email protected]>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Joe Perches authored and Linus Torvalds committed 2022-03-23 19:00:33 -07:00
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@@ -7418,6 +7418,13 @@ sub process {
WARN("MODULE_LICENSE",
"unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr);
}
if (!$file && $extracted_string eq '"GPL v2"') {
if (WARN("MODULE_LICENSE",
"Prefer \"GPL\" over \"GPL v2\" - see commit bf7fbeeae6db (\"module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE \"GPL\" vs. \"GPL v2\" bogosity\")\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bMODULE_LICENSE\s*\(\s*"GPL v2"\s*\)/MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")/;
}
}
}
# check for sysctl duplicate constants