Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] kasan: integrate the common part of two KASAN tag-based modes

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 04:42:44PM +0200, Marco Elver wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 06:52, Kuan-Ying Lee <kylee0686026@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > diff --git a/mm/kasan/tags.c b/mm/kasan/tags.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..9c33c0ebe1d1
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/mm/kasan/tags.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +/*
> > + * This file contains common tag-based KASAN code.
> > + *
> > + * Author: Kuan-Ying Lee <kylee0686026@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We appreciate your work on this, but this is misleading. Because you
> merely copied/moved the code, have a look what sw_tags.c says -- that
> should either be preserved, or we add nothing here.
> 
> I prefer to add nothing or the bare minimum (e.g. if the company
> requires a Copyright line) for non-substantial additions because this
> stuff becomes out-of-date fast and just isn't useful at all. 'git log'
> is the source of truth.
> 
> Cc'ing Greg for process advice. For moved code, does it have to
> preserve the original Copyright line if there was one?

Yes, it does have to.  Unless you want to talk to a lot of lawyers about
the issues involved here and can defend the removal of the copyright
lines to them.

So please keep them.  Unless you can get your corporate lawyer to sign
off on the patch that does the removal.

thanks,

greg k-h