On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:15:54AM -0800, pradheep.sh@gmail.com wrote: > -#define VER_FILEVERSION 5.2.45 > -#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR "5.2.45" > +#define VER_FILEVERSION (5.2.45) > +#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR ("5.2.45") These don't need parenthesis. It's bug checkpatch.pl that says that they do. regards, dan carpenter