linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] staging:android_pmem.h: Fixes the space and other formating issues pointed out by checkpatch.pl

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:54:09 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	Pradheep Shrinivasan <pradheep.sh@...il.com>, greg@...ah.com,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, swetland@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] staging:android_pmem.h: Fixes the space and other
 formating issues pointed out by checkpatch.pl

It still complains about the following macros where parenthesis are
not needed.

ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis
#156: FILE: staging/android/pmem.c:156:
+#define PMEM_IS_FREE(id, index) !(pmem[id].bitmap[index].allocated)

Let's just make the check look for an operator with a low
precedence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Programming_languages

Otherwise the submitters are going to change it to:

#define PMEM_IS_FREE(id, index) (!(pmem[id].bitmap[index].allocated))

That has two pairs of unneeded paranthesis and we run the risk of
reprogramming the kernel in lisp, by mistake.

regards,
dan carpenter

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