Re: [PATCH 10/20] input: mouse: synaptics: Place braces around empty if() body

From: Lee Jones
Date: Fri Nov 06 2020 - 02:40:33 EST


On Thu, 05 Nov 2020, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> Hi Lee,
>
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 04:24:17PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> >
> > drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c: In function ‘synaptics_process_packet’:
> > drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c:1110:6: warning: suggest braces around empty body in an ‘if’ statement [-Wempty-body]
> >
> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Stefan Gmeiner <riddlebox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Bruce Kalk <kall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: this to <linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> > index 82577095e175e..07835939d83b9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> > +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> > @@ -1106,8 +1106,9 @@ static void synaptics_process_packet(struct psmouse *psmouse)
> > num_fingers = hw.w + 2;
> > break;
> > case 2:
> > - if (SYN_MODEL_PEN(info->model_id))
> > + if (SYN_MODEL_PEN(info->model_id)) {
> > ; /* Nothing, treat a pen as a single finger */
> > + }
>
> This gives me:
>
> WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks
>
> from checkpatch.

Yes, because checkpatch just sees it as a normal single statement,
rather than an empty one. It complains about macros that can be
compiled out too, which is even more dangerous.

GCC wins this one though, as it *knows* it's an empty statement.

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