Re: [PATCH] audit: avoid -Wempty-body warning

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 6:58 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2021-03-22 17:28, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:33 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Change the macros to use the usual "do { } while (0)" instead, and change a
> > > > few more that were (void)0, for consistency.
> > >
> > > So what about audit_put_watch() and audit_get_watch() which are set to
> > > {}?   (And all of include/linux/audit.h that uses the latter...)  Does
> > > this only matter if they are the only action called in an if or loop?
> >
> > I missed those, thanks for pointing it out. I sent a v2 patch now.
>
> Ok, cool, that looks more consistent.  Can you answer my question about
> include/linux/audit.h and exactly what conditions require
> "do { } while (0)" over "{ }"?

This is the usual way of constructing a C expression that can be used
e.g. in

   if (x)
          foo();
   else
          bar();

If foo() is defined as '{}', this causes a syntax error.

         Arnd