On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 22:06 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 02:56:43PM -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> > Add defines for the register map of the device. These will be
> > used to clarify the code.
[]
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci6208.c 
> > b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci6208.c
[]
> > @@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ References:
> >   */
> >  #include "../comedidev.h"
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * PCI-6208/6216-GL register map
> > + */
> > +#define PCI6208_AO_CONTROL(x)              (0x00 + (2 * (x)))
> > +#define PCI6208_AO_STATUS          0x00
> > +#define PCI6208_AO_STATUS_DATA_SEND        (1 << 0)
> > +#define PCI6208_DIO                        0x40
> > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DO_MASK                (0x0f)
> > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DO_SHIFT               (0)
> > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DI_MASK                (0xf0)
> > +#define PCI6208_DIO_DI_SHIFT               (4)
[]
> Does checkpatch.pl complain if you leave off these parenthesis?

checkpatch does not complain about those.
I also think parentheses around constants aren't necessary.

I think it's useful around the shifts and necessary
with the arithmetic.

It might be useful to add a (--strict?) test for those
extra parentheses.

Maybe something like:

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e5bd60f..b6b4d6b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2888,6 +2888,11 @@ sub process {
                             "Whitepspace after \\ makes next lines useless\n" 
. $herecurr);
                }
 
+               if ($line =~ 
/^.\s*#\s*define\s+$Ident\s+\(\s*($Constant)\s*\)\s*$/) {
+                       CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESIS",
+                           "Unnecessary parenthesis in #define around constant 
$1\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 #warn if <asm/foo.h> is #included and <linux/foo.h> is available (uses RAW 
line)
                if ($tree && $rawline =~ 
m{^.\s*\#\s*include\s*\<asm\/(.*)\.h\>}) {
                        my $file = "$1.h";


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