> checkpatch.pl is generating a warning when return value is enclosed > in parenthesis. Remove the parenthesis to improve code readability. parentheses? You propose to omit also some curly brackets, don't you? …> --- > drivers/acpi/acpica/dbconvert.c | 43 +++++++++++++++------------------ … Did you overlook the addition of patch version descriptions? https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=%22This+looks+like+a+new+version+of+a+previously+submitted+patch%22 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.16#n310 Regards, Markus