scripts/misc-check: check unnecessary #include <linux/export.h> when W=1
authorMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Sun, 1 Jun 2025 13:31:30 +0000 (22:31 +0900)
committerMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Thu, 5 Jun 2025 20:40:25 +0000 (05:40 +0900)
commit7d95680d64ac8e836c35fd56efe77eac4e9cc26b
treec7a71abbe99b7be29156dd2e9ec2743781261cfa
parenta934a57a42f64a40705202f84144b1a29b29f910
scripts/misc-check: check unnecessary #include <linux/export.h> when W=1

Another issue with <linux/export.h> is that it is sometimes included
even when EXPORT_SYMBOL() is not used at all.

Some headers (e.g. include/linux/linkage.h>) cannot be fixed for now
for the reason described in the previous commit.

This commit adds a warning for *.c files that include <linux/export.h>
but do not use EXPORT_SYMBOL() when the kernel is built with W=1.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
scripts/misc-check