Re: [PATCH] input: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #defines

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 03:17:20PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman 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.  For some of these drivers, the #define is just a
> few lines above the MODULE_LICENSE() line, which is extra pointless.
> 
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/input/misc/keyspan_remote.c | 3 +--
>  drivers/input/tablet/acecad.c       | 3 +--
>  drivers/input/tablet/hanwang.c      | 3 +--
>  drivers/input/tablet/kbtab.c        | 3 +--
>  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/keyspan_remote.c b/drivers/input/misc/keyspan_remote.c
> index 77c47d6325fe..4f13b2f7bf4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/keyspan_remote.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/keyspan_remote.c
> @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
>  #define DRIVER_VERSION	"v0.1"
>  #define DRIVER_AUTHOR	"Michael Downey <downey@xxxxxxxxxx>"
>  #define DRIVER_DESC	"Driver for the USB Keyspan remote control."
> -#define DRIVER_LICENSE	"GPL"

If we do this, can we also get rid of other DIRVER_* macros that are not
useful?

>  
>  /* Parameters that can be passed to the driver. */
>  static int debug;
> @@ -592,4 +591,4 @@ module_usb_driver(keyspan_driver);
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, keyspan_table);
>  MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
> -MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff --git a/drivers/input/tablet/acecad.c b/drivers/input/tablet/acecad.c
> index aebb3f9090cd..fcb67c7cd86b 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/tablet/acecad.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/tablet/acecad.c
> @@ -35,12 +35,11 @@
>   */
>  #define DRIVER_VERSION "v3.2"
>  #define DRIVER_DESC    "USB Acecad Flair tablet driver"
> -#define DRIVER_LICENSE "GPL"
>  #define DRIVER_AUTHOR  "Edouard TISSERANT <edouard.tisserant@xxxxxxxxxx>"
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
> -MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  
>  #define USB_VENDOR_ID_ACECAD	0x0460
>  #define USB_DEVICE_ID_FLAIR	0x0004
> diff --git a/drivers/input/tablet/hanwang.c b/drivers/input/tablet/hanwang.c
> index df4bea96d7ed..70cb26bbfe1d 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/tablet/hanwang.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/tablet/hanwang.c
> @@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
>  
>  #define DRIVER_AUTHOR   "Xing Wei <weixing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
>  #define DRIVER_DESC     "USB Hanwang tablet driver"
> -#define DRIVER_LICENSE  "GPL"
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
> -MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  
>  #define USB_VENDOR_ID_HANWANG		0x0b57
>  #define HANWANG_TABLET_INT_CLASS	0x0003
> diff --git a/drivers/input/tablet/kbtab.c b/drivers/input/tablet/kbtab.c
> index a41c3ff7c9af..bee18e33e261 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/tablet/kbtab.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/tablet/kbtab.c
> @@ -15,11 +15,10 @@
>  #define DRIVER_VERSION "v0.0.2"
>  #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Josh Myer <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
>  #define DRIVER_DESC "USB KB Gear JamStudio Tablet driver"
> -#define DRIVER_LICENSE "GPL"
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
> -MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  
>  #define USB_VENDOR_ID_KBGEAR	0x084e
>  
> -- 
> 2.15.0
> 

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Dmitry