This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl error: ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses +#define CONSUME(val, ptr) (val) = consume(sizeof(val), (ptr)) Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Korchagin <vasiliy.korchagin(a)gmail.com&gt; --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/uuid.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/uuid.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/uuid.c index ff0a01b..8d00882 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/uuid.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/uuid.c @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline __u32 consume(int nob, __u8 **ptr) return value; } -#define CONSUME(val, ptr) (val) = consume(sizeof(val), (ptr)) +#define CONSUME(val, ptr) ((val) = consume(sizeof(val), (ptr))) static void uuid_unpack(class_uuid_t in, __u16 *uu, int nr) { -- 2.4.4