[PATCH] checkpatch: Fix stringification macro defect

[Joe Perches]

Fix checkpatch misreporting defect with stringification macros

ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis
  #27: FILE: arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h:41:
  +#define ___to_string(X) #X

Reported-by: Vincent Stehlé <v-stehle@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3fb6d86..2e802fc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3024,6 +3024,7 @@ sub process {
 			    $dstat !~ /^'X'$/ &&					# character constants
 			    $dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
 			    $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&				# .foo =
+			    $dstat !~ /^(?:\#\s*$Ident|\#\s*$Constant)\s*$/ &&		# stringification #foo
 			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ &&	# do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)
 			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ &&				# for (...)
 			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&	# for (...) bar()


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