The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@r@
type T;
identifier f;
@@

static T f (...) { ... }

@@
identifier r.f;
declarer name EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL;
@@

-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(f);
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>