On Sun, 2020-06-28 at 10:00 -0400, B K Karthik wrote: > The following are reported while using checkpatch.pl on > drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c > > ERROR: space prohibited before that close parenthesis ')' > #65: FILE: drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c:65: > +define_fbtft_write_reg(fbtft_write_reg8_bus8, u8, u8, ) > > ERROR: space prohibited before that close parenthesis ')' > #67: FILE: drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c:67: > +define_fbtft_write_reg(fbtft_write_reg16_bus16, u16, u16, ) > > These are false positives as correcting these issues breaks the build.
Thanks, there's no capability to recognize this in checkpatch. checkpatch is not a compiler. Perhaps a reasonable solution is to add a comment around the macro uses that show it's an unusual case.
