Re: [PATCH] libmnl: Failed to build with clang, incompatible EXPORT_SYMBOL(x) macro

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:07:45AM +0700, Neutron Soutmun wrote:
> The EXPORT_SYMBOL(x) macro causes clang compile error and warning
> messges:
>   error,   "note: previous definition is here"
>   warning, "warning: attribute declaration must precede definition
>             [-Wignored-attributes]"
>   See: [1]
> 
> This proposed patch has been prepared to fix this error which make the
> EXPORT_SYMBOL macro define a precede definition of an attribute
> declaration. This approach is both compatible with gcc and clang.

We have more libraries using this approach, which resembles kernel
coding. So we would need to update them all, which is a bit annoying.

Though this warning results in a real problem since symbols will not
be exported.

Why is clang rejecting this?
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