On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 10:21 -0700, Aseda Aboagye wrote:
> Hello CHECKPATCH maintainers,
>
> I encountered this error when using the checkpatch.pl script
> complaining about my macro.
>
> Errors:
> * checkpatch.pl errors/warnings
>
> ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in
> parenthesis
> #92: FILE: include/libsharedobjs.h:28:
> +#define SHAREDLIB(...) __attribute__
> ((section(".roshared"))) __VA_ARGS__
>
> total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 45 lines checked
>
> Since it's really an attribute, adding the parens wouldn't work. Just
> thought I'd send this your way. Perhaps make an exception for cases
> like these?
SHAREDLIB is not used in the kernel tree.
Maybe add an exception in your own checkpatch version.
Though maybe adding a SHAREDLIB macro without the ... and
make it a simple #define instead like below would be better
#define SHAREDLIB __attribute__((section(".roshared")))
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