On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 22:06 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 02:56:43PM -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote: > > Add defines for the register map of the device. These will be > > used to clarify the code. [] > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci6208.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci6208.c [] > > @@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ References: > > */ > > #include "../comedidev.h" > > > > +/* > > + * PCI-6208/6216-GL register map > > + */ > > +#define PCI6208_AO_CONTROL(x) (0x00 + (2 * (x))) > > +#define PCI6208_AO_STATUS 0x00 > > +#define PCI6208_AO_STATUS_DATA_SEND (1 << 0) > > +#define PCI6208_DIO 0x40 > > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DO_MASK (0x0f) > > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DO_SHIFT (0) > > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DI_MASK (0xf0) > > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DI_SHIFT (4) [] > Does checkpatch.pl complain if you leave off these parenthesis? checkpatch does not complain about those. I also think parentheses around constants aren't necessary. I think it's useful around the shifts and necessary with the arithmetic. It might be useful to add a (--strict?) test for those extra parentheses. Maybe something like: scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index e5bd60f..b6b4d6b 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2888,6 +2888,11 @@ sub process { "Whitepspace after \\ makes next lines useless\n" . $herecurr); } + if ($line =~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+$Ident\s+\(\s*($Constant)\s*\)\s*$/) { + CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESIS", + "Unnecessary parenthesis in #define around constant $1\n" . $herecurr); + } + #warn if <asm/foo.h> is #included and <linux/foo.h> is available (uses RAW line) if ($tree && $rawline =~ m{^.\s*\#\s*include\s*\<asm\/(.*)\.h\>}) { my $file = "$1.h"; _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel