Re: checkpatch is not detecting bad whitespacing when using macros on formulas

[Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>]

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Mauro Carvalho Chehab schrieb:
> While reviewing a patch from Andy Walls, I noticed that checkpatch v 0.29
> didn't get any errors when bad whitespacing is used on some formulas:
> 
> $ checkpatch.pl cx23888-ir-part2_2.patch
> total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 1237 lines checked
> 
> cx23888-ir-part2_2.patch has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.
> 
> However, there are several places at the patch like:
> 
> +static inline u16 ns_to_clock_divider(unsigned int ns)
> +{
> +       return count_to_clock_divider(
> +                 DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(CX23888_IR_REFCLK_FREQ/1000000 * ns, 1000));
> +}

checkpatch is already complaining too much rather than too little.
No need to add even more complaints.

The code you cite above is fine IMHO, but if you don't like it, feel
free to raise your complaints. You can do so without help from
checkpatch, too.

Jm2c
T.

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