Re: [PATCH] staging: nvec: silence macro argument warnings in NVEC_PHD()

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 06:27:37PM +0300, Emre Cecanpunar wrote:
> checkpatch.pl warns that the NVEC_PHD macro defines unused arguments.
> Use (void) casts to prevent unused argument warnings when the macro is disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emre Cecanpunar <emreleno@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c
> index 575233fa1677..38e736b3761e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c
> @@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
>  	print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, str, DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, \
>  			16, 1, buf, len, false)
>  #else
> -#define NVEC_PHD(str, buf, len) do { } while (0)
> +#define NVEC_PHD(str, buf, len) do { \
> +	(void)(str); \
> +	(void)(buf); \
> +	(void)(len); \
> +} while (0)

This is really not needed at all, sorry.  Especially for a define that
will never even be used.  Can you work to remove NVEC_PS2_DEBUG instead,
as that's not a good idea.

thanks,

greg k-h