On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 08:42:27 -0700
Joe Perches [off-list ref] wrote:

The __assign_str macro has an unusual ending semicolon but the vast
majority of uses of the macro already have semicolon termination.

$ git grep -P '\b__assign_str\b' | wc -l
551
$ git grep -P '\b__assign_str\b.*;' | wc -l
480

Add semicolons to the __assign_str() uses without semicolon termination
and all the other uses without semicolon termination via additional defines
that are equivalent to __assign_str() with the eventual goal of removing
the semicolon from the __assign_str() macro definition.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1e068d21106bb6db05b735b4916bb420e6c9842a.camel@perches.com/ (local)

FYI, please send new patches as new threads. Otherwise it is likely to
be missed.

-- Steve