From f34e4a4f979c0d39f741bc809127fcf2167a7389 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:44:19 -0700 Subject: checkpatch: improve return negative errno check Add a few conditions to the test to find return (ERRNO); Make the output message a bit less cryptic too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 5748c35d0342..45babf2243f3 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4009,12 +4009,12 @@ sub process { } } -# Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be -'ve - if ($line =~ /^.\s*return\s*(E[A-Z]*)\s*;/) { +# Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be negative + if ($sline =~ /\breturn(?:\s*\(+\s*|\s+)(E[A-Z]+)(?:\s*\)+\s*|\s*)[;:,]/) { my $name = $1; if ($name ne 'EOF' && $name ne 'ERROR') { WARN("USE_NEGATIVE_ERRNO", - "return of an errno should typically be -ve (return -$1)\n" . $herecurr); + "return of an errno should typically be negative (ie: return -$1)\n" . $herecurr); } } -- cgit v1.2.3