linux-kernel - Inconsistency in scripts/checkpatch.pl

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:26:59 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Inconsistency in scripts/checkpatch.pl

Andy and Joe,

In some new rtlwifi code, I get the following for one of the new macros:

CHECK: Macro argument '__h2c' may be better as '(__h2c)' to avoid precedence issues
#45005: FILE: 
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_original_h2c_nic.h:1163:
+#define AOAC_RSVD_PAGE3_GET_LOC_AOAC_REPORT(__h2c)                     \
+       LE_BITS_TO_4BYTE(__h2c + 0X00, 16, 8)

When I make that change, I get

CHECK: No space is necessary after a cast
#45004: FILE: 
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_original_h2c_nic.h:1162:
+       LE_BITS_TO_4BYTE((__h2c) + 0X00, 16, 8)

Which CHECK should I fix? To my eye, the second form is the false positive.

Larry