Re: [PATCH v2 09/20] staging: rtl8723bs: put parentheses on macros with complex values in include/rtw_debug.h

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 03:24:08PM +0100, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> fix the following checkpatch warning:
> 
> ERROR: Macros starting with if should be enclosed by a
> do - while loop to avoid possible if/else logic defects
> +	#define RT_PRINT_DATA(_Comp, _Level,
> 	_TitleString, _HexData, _HexDataLen)			\
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h | 28 ++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h
> index d1c557818305..b00f8a6c4312 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_debug.h
> @@ -236,19 +236,21 @@
>  #if	defined(_dbgdump)
>  	#undef RT_PRINT_DATA
>  	#define RT_PRINT_DATA(_Comp, _Level, _TitleString, _HexData, _HexDataLen)			\
> -		if (((_Comp) & GlobalDebugComponents) && (_Level <= GlobalDebugLevel))	\
> -		{									\
> -			int __i;								\
> -			u8 *ptr = (u8 *)_HexData;				\
> -			_dbgdump("%s", DRIVER_PREFIX);						\
> -			_dbgdump(_TitleString);						\
> -			for (__i = 0; __i < (int)_HexDataLen; __i++)				\
> -			{								\
> -				_dbgdump("%02X%s", ptr[__i], (((__i + 1) % 4) == 0)?"  ":" ");	\
> -				if (((__i + 1) % 16) == 0)	_dbgdump("\n");			\
> -			}								\
> -			_dbgdump("\n");							\
> -		}

This whole nightmare needs to just be deleted and any callers of it need
to use the in-kernel functions for this instead.

thanks,

greg k-h