Re: [PATCH 0/4] dynamic debug: cleanups + compile fix

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Aug 26 2011 - 18:19:02 EST


On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 03:14:41PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 12:04 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 02:47:42PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:29:00AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 01:34:06PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > This is a re-post of the last 3 patches, as requested by Greg:
> > > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/11/378
> > > > >
> > > > > I've also added a compile fix that Randy Dunlap found in the -next tree.
> > > >
> > > > Care to redo this based on the comments received so far?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I re-posted 3/4 based on the comments already. The comment on patch #1
> > > regarding adding macro parenthesis, I don't believe makes any functional
> > > change...do you still need a re-post the series?
> >
> > Yes, please fix patch #1 adding the needed parenthesis and resend the
> > whole series.
>
> The parentheses aren't need.
>
> A macro like
> #define foo(a, b) a = b
>
> that only uses each argument once without doing arithmetic
> gains nothing from parentheses.
>
> Just like
> #define true 1
> gains nothing from parenthesis either.

I don't think that is the case here, right?

greg k-h
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