linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] treewide: Add missing semicolons to __assign

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Date:   Sat, 12 Jun 2021 19:11:07 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] treewide: Add missing semicolons to __assign_str
 uses

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 08:42:27 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> The __assign_str macro has an unusual ending semicolon but the vast
> majority of uses of the macro already have semicolon termination.
> 
> $ git grep -P '\b__assign_str\b' | wc -l
> 551
> $ git grep -P '\b__assign_str\b.*;' | wc -l
> 480
> 
> Add semicolons to the __assign_str() uses without semicolon termination
> and all the other uses without semicolon termination via additional defines
> that are equivalent to __assign_str() with the eventual goal of removing
> the semicolon from the __assign_str() macro definition.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1e068d21106bb6db05b735b4916bb420e6c9842a.camel@perches.com/

FYI, please send new patches as new threads. Otherwise it is likely to
be missed.

-- Steve