Re: [PATCH v3] staging: vt6655: Macro with braces issue change to inline function

From: Guru Mehar Rachaputi
Date: Sun Feb 05 2023 - 08:31:14 EST


On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 02:16:07PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 02:08:02PM +0100, Guru Mehar Rachaputi wrote:
> > This patch is to fix checkpatch warning: "Macro argument 'iobase' may be better
> > as '(iobase)' to avoid precedence issues"
> >
> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Whitespace error from checkpatch fixed
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Macros with one statement that is to call 'iowrite8' function changed
> > to inline function as reviewed by gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
> > In relation to this, names of the callers of macro are also modified
> > to call this function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Guru Mehar Rachaputi <gurumeharrachaputi@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Try to take this patch and apply it to a tree, and see that everything
> below the --- line is thrown away, including your signed-off-by: line :(
>
Sorry, should not a patch contain signed-off-by: line?
I did not understand.

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Guru