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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:09:39 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Siddhi Dave <d.sandy5990@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: dgnc: Clean up Macros
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On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 06:12:32PM +0530, Siddhi Dave wrote:
> Fix checkpatch warning: Macros with flow control statements should be avoided
> 
> Because Macros with flow control statements (goto and return) are
> not very nice to read as any flow movement is unexpected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Siddhi Dave <d.sandy5990@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_sysfs.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_sysfs.c
> index 290bf6e..0767740 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_sysfs.c
> @@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ void dgnc_remove_driver_sysfiles(struct pci_driver *dgnc_driver)
>  	driver_remove_file(driverfs, &driver_attr_pollrate);
>  }
>  
> -#define DGNC_VERIFY_BOARD(p, bd)				\
> -	do {							\
> -		if (!p)						\
> -			return 0;				\
> -								\
> -		bd = dev_get_drvdata(p);			\
> -		if (!bd || bd->magic != DGNC_BOARD_MAGIC)	\
> -			return 0;				\
> -		if (bd->state != BOARD_READY)			\
> -			return 0;				\
> +#define DGNC_VERIFY_BOARD(p, bd)
> +do {
> +	if (!p)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +		bd = dev_get_drvdata(p);
> +		if (!bd || bd->magic != DGNC_BOARD_MAGIC)
> +			return 0;
> +		if (bd->state != BOARD_READY)
> +			return 0;
>  	} while (0)
>  
>  static ssize_t vpd_show(struct device *p, struct device_attribute *attr,

You didn't test-build this code, why not?

Also, please see the archives for why this type of change is not going
to be correct and I can't take it.

And finally, you sent 3 copies of this, why?

thanks,

greg k-h