Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] kobject: export kset_find_obj() to be used from modules

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 02:43:10PM -0400, Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:33:04AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:31:19PM -0400, Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> > > From: "Gabriel Somlo" <address@hidden>
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> > >  lib/kobject.c | 1 +
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
> > > index 3e3a5c3..f9754a0 100644
> > > --- a/lib/kobject.c
> > > +++ b/lib/kobject.c
> > > @@ -1058,3 +1058,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
> > >  
> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_find_obj);
> > 
> > checkpatch doesn't like this for obvious reasons :)
> 
> When I run checkpatch on this one, it comes back fine. Could you
> please elaborate ?
> 
> [staging]$ scripts/checkpatch.pl
> 0002-kobject-export-kset_find_obj-to-be-used-from-modules.patch 
> total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 4 lines checked
> 
> 0002-kobject-export-kset_find_obj-to-be-used-from-modules.patch has no
> obvious style problems and is ready for submission.

EXPORT_SYMBOL() should be below the function definition itself, not at
the bottom of the file.  Odd that checkpatch doesn't catch this when
done in this manner, it will if you run it on the whole file after your
patch is applied (along with the existing problems.)

But this is a minor issue, see my other review first...

greg k-h