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Commit 6e8f42dc authored by Joe Perches's avatar Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds
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checkpatch: prefer MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") over MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2")

There is no effective difference.

Given the large number of uses of "GPL v2", emit this message only for
patches as a trivial treeside sed could be done one day.

Ref: commit bf7fbeea ("module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity")

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220128185924.80137-1-joe@perches.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 2699e514
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