Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add checks for do {} while (0) macro misuses

[Betty Dall <betty.dall@hp.com>]

Hi Joe,

Joe Perches <joe <at> perches.com> writes:

> 
> These types of macros should not be used for either a
> single statement nor should the macro end with a semi-colon.
> 
> Add tests for these conditions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe <at> perches.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl |   39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


I reviewed this and tested it out on the qib.h file we were looking at yesterday 
and it worked well. I was worried about a nested do {} while(0), because it will 
match with the first while. Here is a test case:
#define qib_devinfo(pcidev, fmt, ...) \
        do { \
                do { \
                        dev_info(&(pcidev)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
                } while (0); \
        } while (0)

Checkpatch.pl didn't complain about that one. Granted, it is a contrived test 
case. Your change will catch the real problems.

-Betty