checkpatch: reduce false positives when checking void function return statements
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:22:07 +0000 (13:22 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:47:44 +0000 (16:47 -0700)
The previous patch had a few too many false positives on styles that
should be acceptable.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Tested-by: Anish Bhatt <anish@chelsio.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 010b18ef4ea0cb9e1575b9e54f3922c7bd7f9888..182be0f124074c6d508d8a97e498ea7925665a1f 100755 (executable)
@@ -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 &&