linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/17] checkpatch: switch indent allow plain return

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:12:59 +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>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: [PATCH 04/17] checkpatch: switch indent allow plain return

It is a common and sane idiom to allow a single return on the end
of a case statement:

	switch (...) {
	case foo:	return bar;
	}

Add an exception for this.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1e7d2cd..c6782ac 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1295,7 +1295,11 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s*.*|default\s*):/g &&
-		    $line !~ /\G(?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$/g) {
+		    $line !~ /\G(?:
+			(?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$|
+			\s*return\s+
+		    )/xg)
+		{
 			ERROR("trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-- 
1.6.0.rc1.258.g80295

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