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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 <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Joe Perches 10 jaren geleden
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1 gewijzigde bestanden met toevoegingen van 3 en 3 verwijderingen
  1. 3 3
      scripts/checkpatch.pl

+ 3 - 3
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);
 			}
 		}