[PATCH] kernel: modules: Add SPDX license identifier to kmod.c

Add a GPL-2.0 license identifier line for this file.

kmod.c was originally introduced in the kernel in February
of 1998 by Linus Torvalds - who was familiar with kernel
licensing at the time this was introduced.

Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <redacted>
---
 kernel/module/kmod.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/module/kmod.c b/kernel/module/kmod.c
index 25f253812512..a25dccdf7aa7 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kmod.c

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * kmod - the kernel module loader
  *

-- 
2.43.0

On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 16:04, Tim Bird [off-list ref] wrote:

kmod.c was originally introduced in the kernel in February
of 1998 by Linus Torvalds - who was familiar with kernel
licensing at the time this was introduced.

Lol.

Applied.

               Linus

Le 16/01/2026 à 01:04, Tim Bird a écrit :

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Add a GPL-2.0 license identifier line for this file.

kmod.c was originally introduced in the kernel in February
of 1998 by Linus Torvalds - who was familiar with kernel
licensing at the time this was introduced.

1998 ?

This file has Copyright (C) 2023 Luis Chamberlain [off-list ref] 
added by commit 8660484ed1cf ("module: add debugging auto-load duplicate 
module support")

-----Original Message-----
From: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@kernel.org>


Le 16/01/2026 à 01:04, Tim Bird a écrit :

quoted

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quoted

Add a GPL-2.0 license identifier line for this file.

kmod.c was originally introduced in the kernel in February
of 1998 by Linus Torvalds - who was familiar with kernel
licensing at the time this was introduced.

1998 ?

Yes.  The file kernel/kmod.c first appeared in kernel version 2.1.90,
released on March 18, 1998.

This file has Copyright (C) 2023 Luis Chamberlain [off-list ref]
added by commit 8660484ed1cf ("module: add debugging auto-load duplicate
module support")

That copyright line was added later. 

While Linus first introduced the file, some of the code was likely authored by
Kirk Peterson, whose name is in the header (but without a formal copyright
notice. 
   -- Tim

quoted

Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <redacted>
---
  kernel/module/kmod.c | 1 +
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/module/kmod.c b/kernel/module/kmod.c
index 25f253812512..a25dccdf7aa7 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kmod.c

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  /*
   * kmod - the kernel module loader
   *
--

2.43.0