linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: loopback: fix up checkpath macro do while error.

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Message-ID: <2cb170e2-3551-4f2a-9cd3-065d9bd4504b@kili.mountain>
Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2023 09:23:55 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:     Ángel Alberto Carretero 
        <angelalbertoc.r@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>,
        greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: loopback: fix up checkpath macro do
 while error.

On Sun, Apr 02, 2023 at 08:22:35PM +0200, Ángel Alberto Carretero wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/04/2023 15:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 02, 2023 at 02:25:51PM +0200, Angel Alberto Carretero wrote:
> > > Wrap macro in a do-while statement.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Angel Alberto Carretero <angelalbertoc.r@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 8 +++++---
> > >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> > > index d7b39f3bb652..371809770ed0 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> > > @@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ static ssize_t name##_avg_show(struct device *dev,		\
> > >   static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name##_avg)
> > >   #define gb_loopback_stats_attrs(field)				\
> > > -	gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, min, u);		\
> > > -	gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, max, u);		\
> > > -	gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(field)
> > > +	do {		\
> > > +		gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, min, u);		\
> > > +		gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, max, u);		\
> > > +		gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(field);		\
> > > +	} while (0)
> > >   #define gb_loopback_attr(field, type)					\
> > >   static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,				\
> > > -- 
> > > 2.40.0
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Any specific reason why you did not test build your change before
> > submitting it?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Apologies, we can drop the patch. I was trying to find an error as part
> of the eudyptula challenge and thought I was compiling the driver
> correctly. Upon further examination, the macro cannot be written with a
> do-while because it is defining functions.

The "eudyptula challenge" and other first patch guides should be updated
to tell people to search for their code on lore.kernel.org before
sending a patch.

See if you can fix one of the howtos.

regards,
dan carpenter