[Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2 1/3] drm: Move EXPORT_SYMBOL so that it immediately follows its function

Julia Lawall julia.lawall at lip6.fr
Wed Sep 13 20:16:08 UTC 2017



On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Meghana Madhyastha wrote:

> EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo) should immediately follow its function/variable.
> This coding style is preferred.
> Found by checkpath.pl.
>
> Signed-off-by: Meghana Madhyastha <meghana.madhyastha at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c
> index c899534..928248e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ int drm_agp_info(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_agp_info *info)
>
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_agp_info);
>
>  int drm_agp_info_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
> @@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ int drm_agp_acquire(struct drm_device * dev)
>  	dev->agp->acquired = 1;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_agp_acquire);
>
>  /**
> @@ -171,7 +169,6 @@ int drm_agp_enable(struct drm_device * dev, struct drm_agp_mode mode)
>  	dev->agp->enabled = 1;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_agp_enable);
>
>  int drm_agp_enable_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
> @@ -373,7 +370,6 @@ int drm_agp_free(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_agp_buffer *request)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_agp_free);
>
>
> -

I still don't think this change belongs in this patch.  I ran checkpatch
on this file, and I only get warnings about the first three
EXPORT_SYMBOLs.  There is no warning related to EXPORT_SYMBOL after line
175.

julia

>  int drm_agp_free_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  		       struct drm_file *file_priv)
>  {
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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