[PATCH v2 4/4] scripts/misc-check: check unnecessary #include <linux/export.h> when W=1

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sun Jun 01 2025 - 09:33:14 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
eries-changes: 2
- Fix out-of-tree build
---

(no changes since v1)

scripts/misc-check | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/misc-check b/scripts/misc-check
index edc0e44d96de..f3b6bdce5fa2 100755
--- a/scripts/misc-check
+++ b/scripts/misc-check
@@ -51,5 +51,17 @@ check_missing_include_linux_export_h () {
xargs printf "%s: warning: EXPORT_SYMBOL() is used, but #include <linux/export.h> is missing\n" >&2
}

+# If you do not use EXPORT_SYMBOL(), please do not include <linux/export.h>.
+# Currently, this is checked for *.c files, but not for *.h files, because some
+# *.c files rely on <linux/export.h> being included indirectly.
+check_unnecessary_include_linux_export_h () {
+
+ git -C "${srctree:-.}" grep --files-with-matches '#include[[:space:]]*<linux/export\.h>' \
+ -- '*.[c]' :^tools/ |
+ xargs git -C "${srctree:-.}" grep --files-without-match -E 'EXPORT_SYMBOL((_NS)?(_GPL)?|_GPL_FOR_MODULES)\(.*\)' |
+ xargs printf "%s: warning: EXPORT_SYMBOL() is not used, but #include <linux/export.h> is present\n" >&2
+}
+
check_tracked_ignored_files
check_missing_include_linux_export_h
+check_unnecessary_include_linux_export_h
--
2.43.0