checkpatch: fix stringification macro defect
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
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Vincent Stehlé <v-stehle@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b28cc38..4de4bc4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3016,6 +3016,7 @@
$dstat !~ /^'X'$/ && # 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()
