To: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>, Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>,
        "xe-kernel@external.cisco.com" <xe-kernel@external.cisco.com>
From: Daniel Walker <danielwa@cisco.com>
Subject: checkpatch false positon on EXPORT_SYMBOL
Message-ID: <56FD3BAE.1070209@cisco.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 08:01:02 -0700
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The below looks like normal code but the last export symbol gets the 
warning,


WARNING:EXPORT_SYMBOL: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follw its 
function/variable
#16: FILE: kernel/acct.c:70:
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_export);    /* Error ! */

It seems to have to do with the comments at the end of the line. The 
first two examples don't have warnings because I removed the comments on 
different lines. comments on the variable and export symbol lines gets 
the error tho.

(warning may not be a proper patch)

diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 8d6e145..a0cc002 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@
  #include <linux/blkdev.h> /* sector_div */
  #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>

+int test_export;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_export);    /* No Error ! */
+
+int test_export;    /* No Error below */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_export);
+
+int test_export;    /* Error below */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_export);    /* Error ! */
+
  /*
   * These constants control the amount of freespace that suspend and
   * resume the process accounting system, and the time delay between