linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/15] serial: sc16is7xx: add missing space between macro args (checkpatch)

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Message-Id: <20250930160828.546867810b4a17c36a5030c6@hugovil.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:08:28 -0400
From: Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@...ovil.com>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, fvallee@...rea.fr,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Hugo Villeneuve
 <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] serial: sc16is7xx: add missing space between
 macro args (checkpatch)

Hi Jiri,

On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:15:56 +0200
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org> wrote:

> On 24. 09. 25, 17:37, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> > From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>
> > 
> > Fix the following checkpatch error:
> > 
> >      ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
> >      +#define to_sc16is7xx_one(p,e)...
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> > index a05be92f7e776..9d04d665ec9ab 100644
> > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> > @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static struct uart_driver sc16is7xx_uart = {
> >   	.nr		= SC16IS7XX_MAX_DEVS,
> >   };
> >   
> > -#define to_sc16is7xx_one(p,e)	((container_of((p), struct sc16is7xx_one, e)))
> > +#define to_sc16is7xx_one(p, e)	((container_of((p), struct sc16is7xx_one, e)))
> 
> Or perhaps make it type-safe and more obvious by switching it to an inline?

Not easy to do, because this macro is also used with the second
argument "e" not always being used with the same member name. At the
same time, this is what makes this macro more complex than it should
be. I will convert it to an inline and simplify it by removing the
second argument (and of course adapt the code where the new, simpler,
inline function no longer works).

The end result improves readability a lot.

Thank you,
Hugo.

-- 
Hugo Villeneuve