Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: fbtft-core.c: EXPORT_SYMBOL should immediately follow its function

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 01:07:34AM +0200, Shiva Kerdel wrote:
> This patch fixes the following checkpatch.pl warning
> - EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shiva Kerdel <shiva@exdev.nl>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
> index b742ee7..b004a4d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
> @@ -275,23 +275,31 @@ static int fbtft_backlight_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd)
>  	return bd->props.brightness;
>  }
>  
> +static const struct backlight_ops fbtft_bl_ops = {
> +	.get_brightness	= fbtft_backlight_get_brightness,
> +	.update_status	= fbtft_backlight_update_status,
> +};
> +#endif
> +
>  void fbtft_unregister_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par)
>  {
> +	#ifdef CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT

Ick, no, does this really look like good style?

> +
>  	if (par->info->bl_dev) {
>  		par->info->bl_dev->props.power = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
>  		backlight_update_status(par->info->bl_dev);
>  		backlight_device_unregister(par->info->bl_dev);
>  		par->info->bl_dev = NULL;
>  	}
> -}
>  
> -static const struct backlight_ops fbtft_bl_ops = {
> -	.get_brightness	= fbtft_backlight_get_brightness,
> -	.update_status	= fbtft_backlight_update_status,
> -};
> +	#endif
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbtft_unregister_backlight);
>  
>  void fbtft_register_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par)
>  {
> +	#ifdef CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT
> +
>  	struct backlight_device *bd;
>  	struct backlight_properties bl_props = { 0, };
>  
> @@ -320,13 +328,10 @@ void fbtft_register_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par)
>  
>  	if (!par->fbtftops.unregister_backlight)
>  		par->fbtftops.unregister_backlight = fbtft_unregister_backlight;
> +
> +	#endif
>  }
> -#else
> -void fbtft_register_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par) { };
> -void fbtft_unregister_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par) { };
> -#endif
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbtft_register_backlight);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbtft_unregister_backlight);

The original code here is fine, please leave it as-is.

thanks,

greg k-h