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Re: Inconsistency in scripts/checkpatch.pl

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On Thu, 2017-06-29 at 20:26 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> Andy and Joe,
> 
> In some new rtlwifi code, I get the following for one of the new macros:
> 
> CHECK: Macro argument '__h2c' may be better as '(__h2c)' to avoid precedence issues
> #45005: FILE: 
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_original_h2c_nic.h:1163:
> +#define AOAC_RSVD_PAGE3_GET_LOC_AOAC_REPORT(__h2c)                     \
> +       LE_BITS_TO_4BYTE(__h2c + 0X00, 16, 8)
> 
> When I make that change, I get
> 
> CHECK: No space is necessary after a cast
> #45004: FILE: 
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/halmac/halmac_original_h2c_nic.h:1162:
> +       LE_BITS_TO_4BYTE((__h2c) + 0X00, 16, 8)
> 
> Which CHECK should I fix?

The first.  Only if you want to.

>  To my eye, the second form is the false positive.

I agree.  Ignore the 2nd warning for awhile.
.
A few trivial notes:

o 0X00 is kinda ugly to me.  0x00 is nicer.
o I presume that 0x00 could be a #define somewhere
o AOAC_RSVD_PAGE3_GET_LOC_AOAC_REPORT is a rather
  long identifier at 35 chars.

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Inconsistency in scripts/checkpatch.pl Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> - 2017-06-30 03:30 +0200
  Re: Inconsistency in scripts/checkpatch.pl Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-06-30 05:20 +0200

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