1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dfeb553de798..4cf4473ebf17 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5626,6 +5626,24 @@ sub process {
                                 }
                         }
                 }
+
+# validate content of MODULE_LICENSE against list from include/linux/module.h
+                if ($line =~ /\bMODULE_LICENSE\s*\(\s*($String)\s*\)/) {
+                        my $extracted_string = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
+                        my $valid_licenses = qr{
+                                                GPL|
+                                                GPL\ v2|
+                                                GPL\ and\ additional\ rights|
+                                                Dual\ BSD/GPL|
+                                                Dual\ MIT/GPL|
+                                                Dual\ MPL/GPL|
+                                                Proprietary
+                                        }x;
+                        if ($extracted_string !~ /^"(?:$valid_licenses)"$/x) {
+                                WARN("MODULE_LICENSE",
+                                     "unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr);
+                        }
+                }
         }
 
         # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on