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Re: [PATCH 1/6] Add INLINE_SYSCALL_RETURN/INLINE_SYSCALL_ERROR_RETURN


On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> +/* Define a macro which expands inline into the wrapper code for a system
>> +   call and return.  */
>> +#ifndef INLINE_SYSCALL_RETURN
>> +#define INLINE_SYSCALL_RETURN(name, nr, type, args...) \
>> +  {                                                          \
>> +    return (type) INLINE_SYSCALL (name, nr, args);           \
>> +  }
>
> This should be written as a proper statement that can be followed by a
> semicolon.

It is done on purpose so that one can write

if ()
  INLINE_SYSCALL_RETURN
else
 ...

-- 
H.J.


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