[PATCH v3 0/2] standardize SPDX tag

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed,  4 Feb 2026 21:46:04 +0100
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> SPDX lines are fixed to be more standard,
> and the checker is improved to detect some of the fixed issues.
> For readability, the script changes are in a separate patch,
> but for the sake of atomicity, the patches should be squashed.
> 
> v2: update the script and README, and remove useless parentheses
> v3: keep Linux uAPI imported file untouched
> 
> Thomas Monjalon (2):
>   license: standardize SPDX tag
>   devtools: check SPDX syntax
> 
>  devtools/check-spdx-tag.sh                    | 33 +++++++++++++++++--
>  doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst           |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/eventdevs/dpaa.rst                 |  2 +-
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>  drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/dpaa_sys.h        |  2 +-
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>  drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c            |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.h            |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_driver.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_priv.h       |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fman.h               |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_bman.h           |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_fman.h           |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_fman_crc64.h     |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_qman.h           |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_usd.h            |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/netcfg.h             |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/dpaa/include/process.h            |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/fslmc/mc/dpbp.c                   |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/fslmc/mc/dpci.c                   |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/fslmc/mc/dpcon.c                  |  2 +-
>  drivers/bus/fslmc/mc/dpio.c                   |  2 +-
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>  drivers/bus/fslmc/mc/fsl_dpio.h               |  2 +-
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>  drivers/bus/fslmc/mc/fsl_dpmng.h              |  2 +-
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>  drivers/bus/fslmc/mc/fsl_dprc_cmd.h           |  2 +-
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>  .../dpaax/caamflib/rta/fifo_load_store_cmd.h  |  2 +-
>  .../common/dpaax/caamflib/rta/header_cmd.h    |  2 +-
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>  drivers/common/dpaax/caamflib/rta/nfifo_cmd.h |  2 +-
>  .../common/dpaax/caamflib/rta/operation_cmd.h |  2 +-
>  .../common/dpaax/caamflib/rta/protocol_cmd.h  |  2 +-
>  .../dpaax/caamflib/rta/sec_run_time_asm.h     |  2 +-
>  .../dpaax/caamflib/rta/seq_in_out_ptr_cmd.h   |  2 +-
>  .../common/dpaax/caamflib/rta/signature_cmd.h |  2 +-
>  drivers/common/dpaax/caamflib/rta/store_cmd.h |  2 +-
>  drivers/common/dpaax/compat.h                 |  2 +-
>  drivers/common/dpaax/dpaa_of.c                |  2 +-
>  drivers/common/dpaax/dpaa_of.h                |  2 +-
>  drivers/common/qat/qat_adf/adf_pf2vf_msg.h    |  2 +-
>  .../qat/qat_adf/adf_transport_access_macros.h |  2 +-
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>  .../adf_transport_access_macros_gen_lce.h     |  2 +-
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>  drivers/common/qat/qat_adf/icp_qat_fw.h       |  2 +-
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>  .../common/qat/qat_adf/icp_qat_hw_gen4_comp.h |  2 +-
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>  drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/mc/dpseci.c          |  2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/mc/fsl_dpseci.h      |  2 +-
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>  drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_session.c          |  2 +-
>  drivers/event/dpaa/dpaa_eventdev.c            |  2 +-
>  drivers/event/dpaa/dpaa_eventdev.h            |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/atlantic/atl_hw_regs.c            |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/atlantic/atl_hw_regs.h            |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_b0.c       |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_b0.h       |  5 +--
>  .../net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_b0_internal.h  |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_llh.c      |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_llh.h      |  5 +--
>  .../net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_llh_internal.h |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c    |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.h    |  5 +--
>  .../net/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils_fw2x.c   |  5 +--
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>  drivers/net/dpaa/fmlib/net_ext.h              |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c              |  8 ++---
>  drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_recycle.c             |  6 ++--
>  drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_sparser.h             |  4 +--
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>  lib/eal/include/rte_pci_dev_features.h        |  2 +-
>  license/README                                |  4 +--
>  127 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-)
> 


LGTM.
Maybe spdx check script would be easier to manage in python?
Could also use it to flag anything outside the expected.