From b43ae21bd1d8199df10548f3fc0d806052027f29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:22:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: reduce false positives when checking void function return statements The previous patch had a few too many false positives on styles that should be acceptable. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Tested-by: Anish Bhatt Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 010b18ef4ea0..182be0f12407 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3476,12 +3476,17 @@ sub process { } } -# unnecessary return in a void function? (a single leading tab, then return;) - if ($sline =~ /^\+\treturn\s*;\s*$/ && - $prevline =~ /^\+/) { +# unnecessary return in a void function +# at end-of-function, with the previous line a single leading tab, then return; +# and the line before that not a goto label target like "out:" + if ($sline =~ /^[ \+]}\s*$/ && + $prevline =~ /^\+\treturn\s*;\s*$/ && + $linenr >= 3 && + $lines[$linenr - 3] =~ /^[ +]/ && + $lines[$linenr - 3] !~ /^[ +]\s*$Ident\s*:/) { WARN("RETURN_VOID", - "void function return statements are not generally useful\n" . $herecurr); - } + "void function return statements are not generally useful\n" . $hereprev); + } # if statements using unnecessary parentheses - ie: if ((foo == bar)) if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&