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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 5748c35d0342..45babf2243f3 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/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); } } |