linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] checkpatch: fix false EXPORT

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Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:14:51 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] 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);

This change corrects this. It was caused because checkpatch doesn't check
more than one line above the "EXPORT_SYMBOL" for additional context (ie.
variable name, or initializer). Things are somewhat more complicated
because STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT() doesn't accept the variable name that
is being initialized. I just added another check that checks two lines
above "EXPORT_SYMBOL" for the variable declaration.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index fd4fe03..9996bfb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for initialisation to aggregates open brace on the next line
 		if (($prevline =~ /$Declare\s*$Ident\s*=\s*$/ || $prevline =~ /$Attribute\s*=\s*$/) &&
-		    $line =~ /^.\s*{/) {
+		     $line =~ /^.\s*{/) {
 			ERROR("that open brace { should be on the previous line\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
 
@@ -1665,7 +1665,9 @@ sub process {
 				^.LIST_HEAD\(\Q$name\E\)|
 				^.$Type\s*\(\s*\*\s*\Q$name\E\s*\)\s*\(|
 				\b\Q$name\E(?:\s+$Attribute)?\s*(?:;|=|\[)
-			    )/x) {
+			    )/x && defined $lines[$linenr - 3] &&
+			    $lines[$linenr - 3] !~ /(?:\b\Q$name\E(?:\s+$Attribute)?\s*(?:;|=|\[))/
+				) {
 				WARN("EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
-- 
1.5.6.3

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