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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 20:30:52 +0530
From:   Deepak R Varma <drv@mailo.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: Use ARRAY_SIZE() to get argument count
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On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 08:12:11PM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 05:31:24PM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 01:05:32PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I took a look, but it's pretty complex.  You could take the code and
> > > reorganize it so that it is more readable, and then take the definition of
> > > the ARRAY_SIZE macro, to better see what is going on.
> > >
> > > julia
> > >
> >
> > Hello Greg, Julia,
> > I was able to successfully build the fbtft object file for arm architecture as
> > well. I used gcc 6.5.0 and 9.5.0 tool chains. It was successful using both. I
> > have attached the build log from my machine for your reference.
> >
> > I am also looking at the .i file and rearrange the expanded macro to understand
> > it. However, since it is built successfully, I am not sure if that is truly the
> > problem area.
> >
> > Should I resend the patch and check if it still errors the kernel build bot?
> > Anything else I can try?
>
> Looks like the change I proposed is causing nesting inside the write_reg
> function due to additional set of { & } brackets for the __VA_ARGS__ symbol.
>
> Am I understanding it right?

Hello Julia, Greg,
I am unable to reproduce this build failure on my local machine. I tried the X86
and arm based build. I am unable to troubleshoot this further. Do you have any
other suggestions? If not, I will drop this patch from my watch list.

Thank you,
./drv

>
> >
> > Thank you,
> > ./drv
>
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