WARNING: Argument '_name' is not used in function-like macro
#164: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_rep.c:17:
+#define M(_name, _id, _fn_name, _req_type, _rsp_type)			\
+static struct _req_type __maybe_unused					\
+*otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_ ## _fn_name(struct rvu *rvu, int devid)		\
+{									\
+	struct _req_type *req;						\
+									\
+	req = (struct _req_type *)otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_rsp(		\
+		&rvu->afpf_wq_info.mbox_up, devid, sizeof(struct _req_type), \
+		sizeof(struct _rsp_type));				\
+	if (!req)							\
+		return NULL;						\
+	req->hdr.sig = OTX2_MBOX_REQ_SIG;				\
+	req->hdr.id = _id;						\
+	return req;							\
+}

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NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

Commit f85b4cbb656f ("octeontx2-pf: Add support to sync link state between representor and VFs") has style problems, please review.

NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF

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