devtools: fix check of symbol added as stable API

[dpdk.git] / devtools / check-symbol-change.sh

diff --git a/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh b/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
index 28f093a..c5434f3 100755 (executable)
--- a/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
+++ b/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
@@ -110,15 +110,24 @@ check_for_rule_violations()
 
                        # A symbol can not enter a non experimental
                        # section directly
-                       if [ $? -ne 0 ] && [ "$secname" != 'EXPERIMENTAL' ]
+                       if [ -z "$oldsecname" ]
                        then
-                               echo -n "ERROR: symbol $symname "
-                               echo -n "is added in the $secname "
-                               echo -n "section, but is expected to "
-                               echo -n "be added in the EXPERIMENTAL "
-                               echo "section of the version map"
-                               ret=1
-                               continue
+                               if [ "$secname" = 'EXPERIMENTAL' ]
+                               then
+                                       echo -n "INFO: symbol $symname has "
+                                       echo -n "been added to the "
+                                       echo -n "EXPERIMENTAL section of the "
+                                       echo "version map"
+                                       continue
+                               else
+                                       echo -n "ERROR: symbol $symname "
+                                       echo -n "is added in the $secname "
+                                       echo -n "section, but is expected to "
+                                       echo -n "be added in the EXPERIMENTAL "
+                                       echo "section of the version map"
+                                       ret=1
+                                       continue
+                               fi
                        fi
 
                        # This symbol is moving inside a section, nothing to do