On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 03:01:17PM -0800, no-re...@patchew.org wrote: [...] > Checking PATCH 4/7: hw/i386/pc: introduce 2.9 machine types with 0x20 fw_cfg > file slots... > ERROR: Macros with multiple statements should be enclosed in a do - while loop > #126: FILE: include/hw/compat.h:4: > +#define HW_COMPAT_2_8 \ > + {\ > + .driver = "fw_cfg_mem",\ > + .property = "file_slots",\ > + .value = stringify(0x10),\ > + },{\ > + .driver = "fw_cfg_io",\ > + .property = "file_slots",\ > + .value = stringify(0x10),\ > + }, > > total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 119 lines checked > > Your patch has style problems, please review. If any of these errors > are false positives report them to the maintainer, see > CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
It is a false positive, but how exactly can we fix it? Should it become a warning instead of an error? -- Eduardo