linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/misc-check: update export checks for EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR

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Message-ID: <aKyCOIZir4PrC1EA@levanger>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:33:12 +0200
From: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/misc-check: update export checks for
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES()

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 05:00:37PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> The module export checks are looking for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES()
> which was renamed to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(). Update the checks.
> 
> Fixes: 6d3c3ca4c77e ("module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES")
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> ---
> I've missed these new checks when renaming the export macro due to my
> git grep being too narrow. My commit went through Christian's vfs tree
> but seems the script is part of kbuild (which is currently Odd fixes).
> ---
>  scripts/misc-check | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Good catch, thanks a lot!  We will gladly take the patch to kbuild-next.

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>