This seems unnecessary, what problem do the current macro definitions create?

Probably the change is unnecessary, the only value is that it silences a checkpatch error: ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis Sorry for the noise. -- ----------------------------------------- Javier Martínez Canillas (+34) 682 39 81 69 PhD Student in High Performance Computing Computer Architecture and Operating System Department (CAOS) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain