kbuild: check license compatibility when building modules

Modules that uses GPL symbols can no longer be build with kbuild,
the build will fail during the modpost step.
When a GPL-incompatible module uses a EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE symbol
then warn during modpost so author are actually notified.

The actual license compatibility check is shared with the kernel
to make sure it is in sync.

Patch originally from: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> and
Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Sam Ravnborg 2006-06-09 21:53:55 +02:00
parent bd5cbcedf4
commit b817f6feff
4 changed files with 85 additions and 12 deletions

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include/linux/license.h Normal file
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#ifndef __LICENSE_H
#define __LICENSE_H
static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license)
{
return (strcmp(license, "GPL") == 0
|| strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
|| strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
|| strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
|| strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0
|| strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
}
#endif