checkpatch: fix stringification macro defect

Fix checkpatch misreporting defect with stringification macros

ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis
  #27: FILE: arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h:41:
  +#define ___to_string(X) #X

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Vincent Stehlé <v-stehle@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b28cc384a5bcf30952f66d7da5b349978e39b49a..4de4bc48493bca4947182bc10483bc272f459331 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3016,6 +3016,7 @@ sub process {
                            $dstat !~ /^'X'$/ &&                                        # character constants
                            $dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
                            $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&                                # .foo =
+                           $dstat !~ /^(?:\#\s*$Ident|\#\s*$Constant)\s*$/ &&          # stringification #foo
                            $dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ &&       # do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)
                            $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ &&                            # for (...)
                            $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&   # for (...) bar()