kbuild: error out on missing MODULE_LICENSE
Adrian Bunk suggested a build time check for
missing MODULE_LICENSE annotation in modules.
The build time check is fatal as we really
want this fixed for all modules.
In-tree modules should all have been fixed up by now.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 110cf24..843f6fa 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1552,6 +1552,10 @@
}
license = get_modinfo(info.modinfo, info.modinfo_len, "license");
+ if (!license && !is_vmlinux(modname))
+ fatal("modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in %s\n"
+ "see include/linux/module.h for "
+ "more information\n", modname);
while (license) {
if (license_is_gpl_compatible(license))
mod->gpl_compatible = 1;