linux-kernel - False positive EXPORT_SYMBOL warning with NS variants

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Date:   Fri, 3 Sep 2021 11:01:23 -0500
From:   Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@...il.com>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: False positive EXPORT_SYMBOL warning with NS variants

$ cat foo.c
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
void (*foo)(void);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(foo, FOO);

$ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f foo.c
WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable
#3: FILE: foo.c:3:
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(foo, FOO);

The non-NS EXPORT_SYMBOL variants don't trigger this warning.

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