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Date:	Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:46:03 -0500
From:	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:	apw@...dowen.org, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add an exclusion for 'for_each' helper macros


Dan Williams wrote:
> checkpatch currently complains about macros like the following:
> 
> #define for_each_dma_cap_mask(cap, mask) \
> 	for ((cap) = first_dma_cap(mask);       \
> 		(cap) < DMA_TX_TYPE_END;        \
> 		(cap) = next_dma_cap((cap), (mask)))
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>

I'd like it if this patch updated Chapter 12 of Documentation/CodingStyle as well. 
That section is where the rule to check came from and it would be nice for it to 
mention the exception to the rule as well.



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