linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4 v2] silicom: checkpatch: errors caused by macros

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:03:43 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Lorenz Haspel <lorenz@...gers.com>, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, puff65537@...sheeslibrary.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, michael.banken@...he.stud.uni-erlangen.de,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4 v2] silicom: checkpatch: errors caused by macros

On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 23:49 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:42:12PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 21:20 +0200, Lorenz Haspel wrote:
> > > fixed checkpatch error:
> > > added parenthesis around complex macro.
> > > 
> > > Macro with return was only used once in the code,
> > > so I expandet it in-place.
> > []
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/silicom/bpctl_mod.c b/drivers/staging/silicom/bpctl_mod.c
> > []
> > > -#define lock_bpctl()					\
> > > -if (down_interruptible(&bpctl_sema)) {			\
> > > -	return -ERESTARTSYS;				\
> > > -}							\
> > > -
> > >  #define unlock_bpctl()					\
> > >  	up(&bpctl_sema);
> > 
> > Symmetry please.
> > 
> > Most likely, this unlock_bpctl macro is only used once too.
> > I suggest removing it as well.
> > 
> 
> Joe is right, of course, but this could be fixed in a later patch.

Generally I think it's better that new submitters patches
should go through more strict reviews and be as correct
as possible.  I think this is especially true for patches
that are just checkpatch driven.

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