Re: EXPORTS_SYMBOLs that are in assembly?

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:41:20PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Just wondering what the proper way to export a symbol that is defined in
> assembly? Or is there some kind of annotation I can add in comment form
> that will let checkpatch know the variable is not in C?
> 
> Here's what I'm getting:
> 
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl patches/`quilt top`
> WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its
> function/variable
> #197: FILE: lib/tracing/mcount.c:42:
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mcount);
> 
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 316 lines checked

Could you send me a fuller example fragment defining 'foo' as an
example?  It is entirly possible you are doing it right and this is an
'ignore checkpatch' situation.

-apw
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