checkpatch: fix false EXPORT_SYMBOL warning
authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:50:16 +0000 (16:50 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:39:31 +0000 (07:39 -0700)
commit2b474a1a566064b40bc7d9a45021ffbc4c894fa3
tree9f65e5456a95272db6ec887eff472114bfcc5d31
parent99423c2065b62fee41cdbd8da7e63bf1f8f9e9b0
checkpatch: fix false EXPORT_SYMBOL warning

Ingo reported that the following lines triggered a false warning,

static struct lock_class_key rcu_lock_key;
struct lockdep_map rcu_lock_map =
        STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("rcu_read_lock", &rcu_lock_key);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_lock_map);

from kernel/rcutree.c , and the false warning looked like this,

WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its
function/variable
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_lock_map);

We actually should be checking the statement before the EXPORT_* for a
mention of the exported object, and complain where it is not there.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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