linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Make "return is not a function" test quieter

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Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:27:10 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>,
	opw-kernel@...glegroups.com, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Make "return is not a function" test quieter

This test is a bit noisy and opinions seem to agree that
it should not warn in a lot more situations.

It seems people agree that:

	return (foo || bar);
and
	return foo || bar;

are both acceptable style and checkpatch should be silent
about them.

For now, it warns on parentheses around a simple constant
or a single function or a ternary.

	return (foo);
	return (foo(bar));
	return (foo ? bar : baz);

The last ternary test may be quieted in the future.

Modify the deparenthesize function to only strip balanced
leading and trailing parentheses.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 91308be..be4be81 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -439,9 +439,14 @@ our $FuncArg = qr{$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc|$Constant)};
 sub deparenthesize {
 	my ($string) = @_;
 	return "" if (!defined($string));
-	$string =~ s@^\s*\(\s*@@g;
-	$string =~ s@\s*\)\s*$@@g;
+
+	while ($string =~ /^\s*\(.*\)\s*$/) {
+		$string =~ s@^\s*\(\s*@@;
+		$string =~ s@\s*\)\s*$@@;
+	}
+
 	$string =~ s@\s+@ @g;
+
 	return $string;
 }
 
@@ -3362,14 +3367,17 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# Return is not a function.
+# return is not a function
 		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)\(/s) {
 			my $spacing = $1;
 			if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
-			    $stat =~ /^.\s*return\s*$balanced_parens\s*;\s*$/) {
-				ERROR("RETURN_PARENTHESES",
-				      "return is not a function, parentheses are not required\n" . $herecurr);
-
+			    $stat =~ /^.\s*return\s*($balanced_parens)\s*;\s*$/) {
+				my $value = $1;
+				$value = deparenthesize($value);
+				if ($value =~ m/^\s*$FuncArg\s*(?:\?|$)/) {
+					ERROR("RETURN_PARENTHESES",
+					      "return is not a function, parentheses are not required\n" . $herecurr);
+				}
 			} elsif ($spacing !~ /\s+/) {
 				ERROR("SPACING",
 				      "space required before the open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);


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