checkpatch: DEFINE_ macros are real definitions for exports
When we want to confirm an export is directly after its definition we need
to allow for DEFINE_ style macros. Add these to the execeptions.
Refactor the exceptions.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 54dfa2b..a675f06 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1573,13 +1573,14 @@
if (($line =~ /EXPORT_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/) ||
($line =~ /EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/)) {
my $name = $1;
- if (($prevline !~ /^}/) &&
- ($prevline !~ /^\+}/) &&
- ($prevline !~ /^ }/) &&
- ($prevline !~ /^.DECLARE_$Ident\(\Q$name\E\)/) &&
- ($prevline !~ /^.LIST_HEAD\(\Q$name\E\)/) &&
- ($prevline !~ /^.$Type\s*\(\s*\*\s*\Q$name\E\s*\)\s*\(/) &&
- ($prevline !~ /\b\Q$name\E(?:\s+$Attribute)?\s*(?:;|=|\[)/)) {
+ if ($prevline !~ /(?:
+ ^.}|
+ ^.DEFINE_$Ident\(\Q$name\E\)|
+ ^.DECLARE_$Ident\(\Q$name\E\)|
+ ^.LIST_HEAD\(\Q$name\E\)|
+ ^.$Type\s*\(\s*\*\s*\Q$name\E\s*\)\s*\(|
+ \b\Q$name\E(?:\s+$Attribute)?\s*(?:;|=|\[)
+ )/x) {
WARN("EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable\n" . $herecurr);
}
}