From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93870C43444 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CE3520851 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727114AbfAQXPY (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:15:24 -0500 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([146.0.238.70]:47992 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725898AbfAQXPY (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:15:24 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=nanos.tec.linutronix.de) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1gkGsY-0000xQ-04; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:15:18 +0100 Message-Id: <20190117231500.874215239@linutronix.de> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:14:17 +0100 From: Thomas Gleixner To: LKML Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Kate Stewart , Jonathan Corbet , Bart Van Assche , Damien Le Moal , Matias Bjorling , Christoph Hellwig , Jens Axboe , linux-block@vger.kernel.org Subject: [patch 1/9] block: Cleanup license notice References: <20190117231416.111952141@linutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Remove the imprecise and sloppy: "This files is licensed under the GPL." license notice in the top level comment. 1) The file already contains a SPDX license identifier which clearly states that the license of the file is GPL V2 only 2) The notice resolves to GPL v1 or later for scanners which is just contrary to the intent of SPDX identifiers to provide clear and non ambiguous license information. Aside of that the value add of this notice is below zero, Fixes: 6a5ac9846508 ("block: Make struct request_queue smaller for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED=n") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Bart Van Assche Cc: Damien Le Moal Cc: Matias Bjorling Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org --- P.S.: This patch is part of a larger cleanup, but independent of other patches and is intended to be picked up by the maintainer directly. block/blk-mq-debugfs-zoned.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) --- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs-zoned.c +++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs-zoned.c @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 /* * Copyright (C) 2017 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. - * - * This file is released under the GPL. */ #include