[PATCH] cpufreq: arm_big_little: fix module license spec
From: viresh.kumar@linaro.org (Viresh Kumar)
Date: 2014-08-01 09:22:49
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On 31 July 2014 13:06, Uwe Kleine-K?nig [off-list ref] wrote:
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Having no license specification in a module taints the kernel during load with: arm_big_little: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel. and also the linker doesn't allow it to make use of GPL-exported symbols which in this case also results in errors like: arm_big_little: Unknown symbol cpufreq_register_driver (err 0) . The header of the driver specifies a GPL v2 license, so note that accordingly. While at it also add a description and an author and fix the license in a companion file to explicit v2. Reported-by: Andreas Schwab <redacted> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K?nig <redacted> --- drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c | 4 ++++ drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c b/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c index 1f4d4e315057..b600f3107bef 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c@@ -593,3 +593,7 @@ void bL_cpufreq_unregister(struct cpufreq_arm_bL_ops *ops) arm_bL_ops = NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bL_cpufreq_unregister); + +MODULE_AUTHOR("Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>"); +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic ARM big LITTLE cpufreq driver"); +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.c b/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.c index 8d9d59108906..4550f6976768 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.c@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ module_platform_driver(generic_bL_platdrv); MODULE_AUTHOR("Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic ARM big LITTLE cpufreq driver via DT"); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
Thanks.. Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>