Re: checkpatch and pr_fmt()?

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 05:24:06PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> When using the recently introduced pr_fmt() infrastructure (commit
> d091c2f58ba32029495a933b721e8e02fbd12caa, "Add 'pr_fmt()' format modifier to
> pr_xyz macros."), checkpatch spits out the following annoying error:
> 
> | ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis
> | +#define pr_fmt(fmt)    "%s: " fmt, __func__
> 
> Unfortunately, adding parentheses is not a solution, as it creates illegal C
> code.

Yeah that one looks like something we should avoid.  Fixed in my next
update which can be tested here:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-testing

-apw
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