On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2017-11-17 at 15:19 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > There is no need to #define the license of the driver, just put it in > > the MODULE_LICENSE() line directly as a text string. > > > > This allows tools that check that the module license matches the source > > code license to work properly, as there is no need to unwind the > > unneeded dereference. > [] > > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c > [] > > @@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ > > > > #define MOD_AUTHOR "Option Wireless" > > #define MOD_DESCRIPTION "USB High Speed Option driver" > > -#define MOD_LICENSE "GPL" > > > > #define HSO_MAX_NET_DEVICES 10 > > #define HSO__MAX_MTU 2048 > > @@ -3288,7 +3287,7 @@ module_exit(hso_exit); > > > > MODULE_AUTHOR(MOD_AUTHOR); > > MODULE_DESCRIPTION(MOD_DESCRIPTION); > > -MODULE_LICENSE(MOD_LICENSE); > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > > Probably all of these MODULE_<FOO>(MOD_<BAR>) uses could be > simplified as well. > > Perhaps there's utility in a (cocci?) script that looks for > used-once > macro #defines in various types of macros. What about module_version, eg: diff -u -p a/drivers/ata/pata_pdc202xx_old.c b/drivers/ata/pata_pdc202xx_old.c --- a/drivers/ata/pata_pdc202xx_old.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_pdc202xx_old.c @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ #include <linux/libata.h> #define DRV_NAME "pata_pdc202xx_old" -#define DRV_VERSION "0.4.3" static int pdc2026x_cable_detect(struct ata_port *ap) { @@ -389,4 +388,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("low-level driver for Promise 2024x and 20262-20267"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, pdc202xx); -MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION); +MODULE_VERSION("0.4.3"); julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html