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Date:   Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:10:17 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
To:     Deepak R Varma <drv@mailo.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: loopback: enclose macro statements in
 do-while loop
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2022, Deepak R Varma wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 04:51:09PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2022, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> >
> > > Include multiple statements of macro definition inside do-while{0} loop
> > > to avoid possible partial program execution. Issue reported by
> > > checkpatch script:
> > >
> > > ERROR: Macros with multiple statements should be enclosed in a do - while loop
> >
> > I don't think this change will compile.  See if you can figure out why
> > not.
>
> It did compile. I built the greybus driver and loaded it as well with the
> modinfo tool. Can you please tell why you think it won't compile?

Do you have a .o file for the .c file that you changed?

julia

>
> ./drv
>
> >
> > julia
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@mailo.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 4 +++-
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> > > index 1a61fce98056..37214cb43937 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> > > @@ -163,9 +163,11 @@ static ssize_t name##_avg_show(struct device *dev,		\
> > >  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name##_avg)
> > >
> > >  #define gb_loopback_stats_attrs(field)				\
> > > +do {								\
> > >  	gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, min, u);		\
> > >  	gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, max, u);		\
> > > -	gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(field)
> > > +	gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(field);				\
> > > +} while (0)
> > >
> > >  #define gb_loopback_attr(field, type)					\
> > >  static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,				\
> > > --
> > > 2.30.2
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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