The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: improve EXPORT_SYMBOL test for EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS uses
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-improve-export_symbol-test-for-export_symbol_ns-uses.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-improve-export_symbol-test-for-export_symbol_ns-uses.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-improve-export_symbol-test-for-export_symbol_ns-uses.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: improve EXPORT_SYMBOL test for EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS uses
The EXPORT_SYMBOL test expects a single argument but definitions of
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS have multiple arguments.
Update the test to extract only the first argument from any
EXPORT_SYMBOL related definition.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9e8f251b42e405f460f26a23ba9b33ef45a94adc.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-improve-export_symbol-test-for-export_symbol_ns-uses
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4449,6 +4449,7 @@ sub process {
# XXX(foo);
# EXPORT_SYMBOL(something_foo);
my $name = $1;
+ $name =~ s/^\s*($Ident).*/$1/;
if ($stat =~ /^(?:.\s*}\s*\n)?.([A-Z_]+)\s*\(\s*($Ident)/ &&
$name =~ /^${Ident}_$2/) {
#print "FOO C name<$name>\n";
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-improve-export_symbol-test-for-export_symbol_ns-uses.patch
