WARNING: Non-declarative macros with multiple statements should be enclosed in a do - while loop #458: FILE: drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus_provider.c:147: +#define MDIO_BUS_STATS_ADDR_ATTR_GROUP_DECL(addr) \ + MDIO_BUS_STATS_ADDR_ATTR(transfers, addr); \ + MDIO_BUS_STATS_ADDR_ATTR(errors, addr); \ + MDIO_BUS_STATS_ADDR_ATTR(writes, addr); \ + MDIO_BUS_STATS_ADDR_ATTR(reads, addr) \ + BUT SEE: do {} while (0) advice is over-stated in a few situations: The more obvious case is macros, like MODULE_PARM_DESC, invoked at file-scope, where C disallows code (it must be in functions). See $exceptions if you have one to add by name. More troublesome is declarative macros used at top of new scope, like DECLARE_PER_CPU. These might just compile with a do-while-0 wrapper, but would be incorrect. Most of these are handled by detecting struct,union,etc declaration primitives in $exceptions. Theres also macros called inside an if (block), which "return" an expression. These cannot do-while, and need a ({}) wrapper. Enjoy this qualification while we work to improve our heuristics. ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses #497: FILE: drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus_provider.c:186: +#define MDIO_BUS_STATS_ADDR_ATTR_GROUP(addr) \ + &dev_attr_mdio_bus_addr_transfers_##addr.attr.attr, \ + &dev_attr_mdio_bus_addr_errors_##addr.attr.attr, \ + &dev_attr_mdio_bus_addr_writes_##addr.attr.attr, \ + &dev_attr_mdio_bus_addr_reads_##addr.attr.attr \ + BUT SEE: do {} while (0) advice is over-stated in a few situations: The more obvious case is macros, like MODULE_PARM_DESC, invoked at file-scope, where C disallows code (it must be in functions). See $exceptions if you have one to add by name. More troublesome is declarative macros used at top of new scope, like DECLARE_PER_CPU. These might just compile with a do-while-0 wrapper, but would be incorrect. Most of these are handled by detecting struct,union,etc declaration primitives in $exceptions. Theres also macros called inside an if (block), which "return" an expression. These cannot do-while, and need a ({}) wrapper. Enjoy this qualification while we work to improve our heuristics. total: 1 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 606 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit 286e736aa0bd ("net: phy: move remaining provider code to mdio_bus_provider.c") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE FILE_PATH_CHANGES GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.