linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: emxx_udc: Remove unnecessary parentheses around condition tests

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Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:57:16 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Gilbert Adikankwu <gilbertadikankwu@...il.com>
Cc:     outreachy@...ts.linux.dev, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: emxx_udc: Remove unnecessary parentheses around
 condition tests

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 12:35:23PM +0100, Gilbert Adikankwu wrote:
> Fix 47 warnings detected by checkpatch.pl about unnecessary parenthesis
> around condition tests.

And as I have stated numerous times in the past, they are not
"unnecessary" at all, and provide a valuable hint to the developer as to
what is the ordering involved.

So you can ignore this checkpatch warning please, it's not valid as far
as I'm concerned for the subsystems that I maintain in the kernel.

sorry,

greg k-h