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Message-ID: <20140628031045.GA13985@bender.morinfr.org>
Date:	Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:10:46 +0200
From:	Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] staging: iio: ad9850.c: fix checkpatch.pl error

On 27 Jun 22:37, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Put that below the --- line.

Will do.

> > > And what checkpatch error did you fix?  And are you sure it needs to be
> > > fixed?
> > 
> > That's what I changed:
> > 
> > $ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9850.c
> > ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis
> 
> Then why didn't you say that :)

Well it was not totally clear to me if that was obvious or not.  Anyway,
I'll mention it in the future.

> 
> > I assumed that if it was reported as an error, it needed to be fixed...
> 
> Use your judgement, checkpatch is a tool, it isn't always correct.

Right, I guess it's borderline.  Should I resend the patch or just drop
it?

Guillaume.

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Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>
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