From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:10:46 +0200 From: Guillaume Morin To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Guillaume Morin , Jonathan Cameron , Sachin Kamat , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] staging: iio: ad9850.c: fix checkpatch.pl error Message-ID: <20140628031045.GA13985@bender.morinfr.org> References: <4d0e6b74dcc10ef5d60c9cab4f2df886782fb3c3.1403919775.git.guillaume@morinfr.org> <20140628020935.GA14333@kroah.com> <20140628023009.GA13273@bender.morinfr.org> <20140628023718.GB3579@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20140628023718.GB3579@kroah.com> List-ID: On 27 Jun 22:37, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > Put that below the --- line. Will do. > > > And what checkpatch error did you fix? And are you sure it needs to be > > > fixed? > > > > That's what I changed: > > > > $ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9850.c > > ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis > > Then why didn't you say that :) Well it was not totally clear to me if that was obvious or not. Anyway, I'll mention it in the future. > > > I assumed that if it was reported as an error, it needed to be fixed... > > Use your judgement, checkpatch is a tool, it isn't always correct. Right, I guess it's borderline. Should I resend the patch or just drop it? Guillaume. -- Guillaume Morin