From: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
To: apw@canonical.com, joe@perches.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>, Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: add NOKPROBE_SYMBOL to the whitelist of lines that can occur immediately after functions
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 19:00:47 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <130be7db-6098-86a4-60fe-0c1a5d9e30ba@kernel.org> (raw)
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@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
---
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",
--
2.53.0
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID
From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: pjw@kernel.org, apw@canonical.com, joe@perches.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jszhang@kernel.org, namcao@linutronix.de,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: add NOKPROBE_SYMBOL to the whitelist of lines that can occur immediately after functions
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:57:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <130be7db-6098-86a4-60fe-0c1a5d9e30ba@kernel.org> (raw)
Message-ID: <20260810165728.8_Jw_VWUPFMgn9Ah5yGr8upwcMLMa5zLc0Hv02uNCkw@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <130be7db-6098-86a4-60fe-0c1a5d9e30ba@kernel.org>
From: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
> 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@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
> ---
> 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@suse.cz>
Kind regards,
Petr
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