Re: [PATCH] net: usb: hso.c: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #define
From: Philippe Ombredanne
Date: Fri Nov 17 2017 - 09:53:46 EST
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is no need to #define the license of the driver, just put it in
> the MODULE_LICENSE() line directly as a text string.
>
> This allows tools that check that the module license matches the source
> code license to work properly, as there is no need to unwind the
> unneeded dereference.
>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
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Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne