Re: [PATCH] cxl/region: Add module license declaration to cxl region module source code

[Ira Weiny]

nifan.cxl@ wrote:
> From: Fan Ni <fan.ni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This change explicitly specifies the licensing terms for the CXL region
> module as GPL v2. This commit does not introduce any functional changes
> to the behavior or functionality of the CXL region module.
> It solely adds the MODULE_LICENSE declaration to the module source file.

Why is this needed?  The region code is added to cxl_core when built and
that module already reports the correct module license.

10:24:55 > modinfo cxl_core | grep lic
license:        GPL v2

Ira

> 
> Signed-off-by: Fan Ni <fan.ni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> index 5c186e0a39b9..e299ddcbd1a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> @@ -3204,3 +3204,4 @@ void cxl_region_exit(void)
>  MODULE_IMPORT_NS(CXL);
>  MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DEVMEM);
>  MODULE_ALIAS_CXL(CXL_DEVICE_REGION);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>