Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] staging: iio: ad9850.c: fix checkpatch.pl error

From: Guillaume Morin
Date: Fri Jun 27 2014 - 23:11:02 EST


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.

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