The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: fix macro argument precedence test has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-fix-macro-argument-precedence-test.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-macro-argument-precedence-test.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-macro-argument-precedence-test.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/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: fix macro argument precedence test checkpatch's macro argument precedence test is broken so fix it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5dd900e9197febc1995604bb33c23c136d8b33ce.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-macro-argument-precedence-test scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-macro-argument-precedence-test +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5041,7 +5041,7 @@ sub process { $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g; $tmp_stmt =~ s/\#+\s*$arg\b//g; $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\s*\#\#//g; - my $use_cnt = $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\b//g; + my $use_cnt = () = $tmp_stmt =~ /\b$arg\b/g; if ($use_cnt > 1) { CHK("MACRO_ARG_REUSE", "Macro argument reuse '$arg' - possible side-effects?\n" . "$herectx"); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are checkpatch-fix-macro-argument-precedence-test.patch checkpatch-add-a-strict-test-for-structs-with-bool-member-definitions.patch mm-use-octal-not-symbolic-permissions.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