> checkpatch.pl is generating a warning when return value is > enclosed in paranthesis. Remove the paranthesis to improve … parenthesis? You may occasionally put more than 58 characters into text lines of such a change description. Please avoid a typo also in the summary phrase. … > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbconvert.c > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_db_hex_char_to_value(int hex_char, u8 *return_value) > /* Digit must be ascii [0-9a-fA-F] */ > > if (!isxdigit(hex_char)) { > - return (AE_BAD_HEX_CONSTANT); > + return AE_BAD_HEX_CONSTANT; > } … See also: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.16#n197 Regards, Markus