The patch titled Subject: linux/bug.h: correct "space required before that '-'" has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is linux-bugh-correct-space-required-before-that.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/linux-bugh-correct-space-required-before-that.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/linux-bugh-correct-space-required-before-that.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: linux/bug.h: correct "space required before that '-'" Correct these checkpatch.pl errors: |ERROR: space required before that '-' (ctx:OxO) |#37: FILE: include/linux/bug.h:37: |+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); })) |ERROR: space required before that '-' (ctx:OxO) |#38: FILE: include/linux/bug.h:38: |+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e) ((void *)sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); })) I decided to wrap the bitfield expressions that begin with minus signs in parentheses rather than insert spaces before the minus signs. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525120316.24473-5-abbotti@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/bug.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/bug.h~linux-bugh-correct-space-required-before-that include/linux/bug.h --- a/include/linux/bug.h~linux-bugh-correct-space-required-before-that +++ a/include/linux/bug.h @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ struct pt_regs; * e.g. in a structure initializer (or where-ever else comma expressions * aren't permitted). */ -#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); })) -#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e) ((void *)sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); })) +#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:(-!!(e)); })) +#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e) ((void *)sizeof(struct { int:(-!!(e)); })) /* * BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID() permits the compiler to check the validity of the _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from abbotti@xxxxxxxxx are asm-generic-bugh-declare-struct-pt_regs-before-function-prototype.patch linux-bugh-correct-formatting-of-block-comment.patch linux-bugh-correct-foo-should-be-foo.patch linux-bugh-correct-space-required-before-that.patch bug-split-build_bug-stuff-out-into-linux-build_bugh.patch kernelh-handle-pointers-to-arrays-better-in-container_of.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html