linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.19

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Date:	Thu, 1 May 2008 13:09:58 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.19

>       return is not a function

Bah, no matter how much testing you do something always slips through.
This one is false triggering enough to warrent a fix.

Andrew, please suck this one up on top.

-apw

=== 8< ===
return is not a function -- tighten test

Tighten the return is not a function test so that we only report it on
the line it occurs.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>

---
diff --git a/checkpatch.pl b/checkpatch.pl
index cc9cd7c..66f060e 100755
--- a/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # Return is not a function.
-		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /\breturn(\s*)(\(.*);/s) {
+		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)(\(.*);/s) {
 			my $spacing = $1;
 			my $value = $2;
 

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