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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 3cec2990d51e..bcdb54bd61a0 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -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)\(/) { |