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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 20:44:21 +0000
From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl and assembly #defines
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 04:59:23AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello, Andy,
> 
> The current checkpatch.pl complains about cpp macros defined as follows:
> 
> #define callit call my_function
> 
> Of course, if you do put parentheses around the definition, your assembler
> will complain.  Could this complaint be downgraded to a warning?  Or is
> there some way to recognize assembly cpp macros?

Well all checkpatch output is warnings anyhow.  Where are these being
placed, perhaps there is a clue in that at least.

-apw