linux-kernel - [bug report] checkpatch: if statement does not need to be enclosed in parentheses

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Date:   Sat, 8 Apr 2017 17:07:17 +0100
From:   Alfonso Lima <alfonsolimaastor@...il.com>
To:     apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [bug report] checkpatch: if statement does not need to be enclosed
 in parentheses

Hi,

In current linux-next, if you run the script on this piece of
code:

#define FOO(a)				\
	if (a) {			\
		something();		\
		something_else();	\
	}

You should get:

ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses
#1: FILE: foo.c:1:
+#define FOO(a)				\
+	if (a) {			\
+		something();		\
+		something_else();	\
+	}

We could silence checkpatch.pl using "do {} while ()" around the
if statement. However, the "if () {}" statement should be
enough. If someone could confirm this, I'll go and fix it.

Thanks,
Alfonso