Patch "bpf, scripts: Correct GPL license name" has been added to the 6.7-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    bpf, scripts: Correct GPL license name

to the 6.7-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     bpf-scripts-correct-gpl-license-name.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.7 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit f0278fbd5fc4b5bbf96276fc3f031fae0141429b
Author: Gianmarco Lusvardi <glusvardi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Feb 13 23:05:46 2024 +0000

    bpf, scripts: Correct GPL license name
    
    [ Upstream commit e37243b65d528a8a9f8b9a57a43885f8e8dfc15c ]
    
    The bpf_doc script refers to the GPL as the "GNU Privacy License".
    I strongly suspect that the author wanted to refer to the GNU General
    Public License, under which the Linux kernel is released, as, to the
    best of my knowledge, there is no license named "GNU Privacy License".
    This patch corrects the license name in the script accordingly.
    
    Fixes: 56a092c89505 ("bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation")
    Signed-off-by: Gianmarco Lusvardi <glusvardi@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240213230544.930018-3-glusvardi@xxxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/scripts/bpf_doc.py b/scripts/bpf_doc.py
index 61b7dddedc461..0669bac5e900e 100755
--- a/scripts/bpf_doc.py
+++ b/scripts/bpf_doc.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ eBPF programs can have an associated license, passed along with the bytecode
 instructions to the kernel when the programs are loaded. The format for that
 string is identical to the one in use for kernel modules (Dual licenses, such
 as "Dual BSD/GPL", may be used). Some helper functions are only accessible to
-programs that are compatible with the GNU Privacy License (GPL).
+programs that are compatible with the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).
 
 In order to use such helpers, the eBPF program must be loaded with the correct
 license string passed (via **attr**) to the **bpf**\\ () system call, and this




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