Messages in this thread | | | From | Masahiro Yamada <> | Date | Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:17:21 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kbuild: detect missing "WITH Linux-syscall-note" for uapi headers |
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On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 8:13 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 05:05:13PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > UAPI headers licensed under GPL are supposed to have exception > > "WITH Linux-syscall-note" so that they can be included into non-GPL > > user space application code. > > > > Unfortunately, people often miss to add it. Break 'make headers' > > when any of exported headers lacks the exception note so that the > > 0-day bot can easily catch it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > > --- > > > > This patch depends on the following: > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1105289/ > > > > I will turn on the error after all headers are fixed. > > I've taken the dependancy here in the spdx tree and will send it to > Linus for 5.3-rc2.
Thanks!
> I can also take this now through that tree, or you > can add it to yours afterward, which ever is easier for you.
I will create a branch on top 5.3-rc2 and queue this patch by myself.
Thank you.
-- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
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