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checkpatch: returning errno typically should be negative

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Add a (strict mode only) test to check for non-negative returns of what
appear to be errno values as the majority case these should indeed be
negative.

Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Andy Whitcroft 2010-10-26 14:23:14 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 9446ef569c
commit 53a3c4487a
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@ -2204,6 +2204,13 @@ sub process {
ERROR("space required before the open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
# Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be -'ve
if ($line =~ /^.\s*return\s*(E[A-Z]*)\s*;/) {
my $name = $1;
if ($name ne 'EOF' && $name ne 'ERROR') {
WARN("return of an errno should typically be -ve (return -$1)\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
# Need a space before open parenthesis after if, while etc
if ($line=~/\b(if|while|for|switch)\(/) {