WARNING: Non-declarative macros with multiple statements should be enclosed in a do - while loop #207: FILE: include/net/libeth/xdp.h:78: +#define ___LIBETH_XDP_ONSTACK_BUFF(name, ...) \ + __DEFINE_FLEX(struct libeth_xdp_buff, name, priv, \ + LIBETH_XDP_PRIV_SZ(__VA_ARGS__ + 0), \ + __uninitialized); \ + LIBETH_XDP_ASSERT_PRIV_SZ(__VA_ARGS__ + 0) BUT SEE: do {} while (0) advice is over-stated in a few situations: The more obvious case is macros, like MODULE_PARM_DESC, invoked at file-scope, where C disallows code (it must be in functions). See $exceptions if you have one to add by name. More troublesome is declarative macros used at top of new scope, like DECLARE_PER_CPU. These might just compile with a do-while-0 wrapper, but would be incorrect. Most of these are handled by detecting struct,union,etc declaration primitives in $exceptions. Theres also macros called inside an if (block), which "return" an expression. These cannot do-while, and need a ({}) wrapper. Enjoy this qualification while we work to improve our heuristics. total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 298 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit 7dc5beedeaa2 ("libeth: xdp: add helpers for preparing/processing &libeth_xdp_buff") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 298 lines checked