[PATCH] checkpatch: add NOKPROBE_SYMBOL to the whitelist of lines that can occur immediately after functions

From: Petr Vorel

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 13:06:29 EST


From: Paul Walmsley <pjw@xxxxxxxxxx>

> It's customary for NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() macro usage to appear immedately
> after a function's final closing brace, but checkpatch doesn't know
> that yet. As a result, checkpatch --strict incorrectly flags this
> common kernel pattern, e.g.,

> CHECK: Please use a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations
> 33: FILE: arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c:273:
> }
> +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(probe_single_step_handler);

> Fix by adding NOKPROBE_SYMBOL to the whitelist of patterns that are
> cleared to appear immediately after functions.

> Cc: Nam Cao <namcao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 2b7a42bbdd94..f8a57ed71f34 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -4148,6 +4148,7 @@ sub process {
> $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ ||
> $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:static\s+)?[A-Z_]*ATTR/ ||
> $line =~ /^\+\s*DECLARE/ ||
> + $line =~ /^\+\s*NOKPROBE_SYMBOL/ ||
> $line =~ /^\+\s*builtin_[\w_]*driver/ ||
> $line =~ /^\+\s*__setup/)) {
> if (CHK("LINE_SPACING",

+1

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>

Kind regards,
Petr