Re: [PATCH] kbuild: detect missing "WITH Linux-syscall-note" for uapi headers

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 8:13 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 05:05:13PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > UAPI headers licensed under GPL are supposed to have exception
> > "WITH Linux-syscall-note" so that they can be included into non-GPL
> > user space application code.
> >
> > Unfortunately, people often miss to add it. Break 'make headers'
> > when any of exported headers lacks the exception note so that the
> > 0-day bot can easily catch it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > This patch depends on the following:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1105289/
> >
> > I will turn on the error after all headers are fixed.
>
> I've taken the dependancy here in the spdx tree and will send it to
> Linus for 5.3-rc2.

Thanks!

>  I can also take this now through that tree, or you
> can add it to yours afterward, which ever is easier for you.

I will create a branch on top 5.3-rc2
and queue this patch by myself.

Thank you.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada