The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add *_NOTIFIER_HEAD as var definition
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-add-_notifier_head-as-var-definition.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-_notifier_head-as-var-definition.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-_notifier_head-as-var-definition.patch
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From: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add *_NOTIFIER_HEAD as var definition
Add *_NOTIFIER_HEAD as variable definition to avoid code like this:
ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(foo);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(foo);
By triggering the following warning:
WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190704104457.30045-1-gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-_notifier_head-as-var-definition
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3877,6 +3877,7 @@ sub process {
^.DEFINE_$Ident\(\Q$name\E\)|
^.DECLARE_$Ident\(\Q$name\E\)|
^.LIST_HEAD\(\Q$name\E\)|
+ ^.{$Ident}_NOTIFIER_HEAD\(\Q$name\E\)|
^.(?:$Storage\s+)?$Type\s*\(\s*\*\s*\Q$name\E\s*\)\s*\(|
\b\Q$name\E(?:\s+$Attribute)*\s*(?:;|=|\[|\()
)/x) {
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-add-_notifier_head-as-var-definition.patch
