linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Improve "return is not a function" test

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Message-ID: <1383261164.2769.6.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:12:44 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	David Cohen <david.a.cohen@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Improve "return is not a function" test

Find a few more cases where parentheses are used around
the value of a return statement.

This now uses the "$balanced_parens" test and also makes
the test depend on perl v5.10 and higher.

This now finds return with parenthesis uses the old code
did not find like:

ERROR: return is not a function, parentheses are not required
#211: FILE: arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3xflop.h:211:
+		return ((error == 0) ? 0 : -1);

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---

V2: Add example to commit message.
    No change in patch itself.

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 18 ++++--------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 23d55bf..957ba04 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3221,21 +3221,10 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # Return is not a function.
-		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)(\(.*);/s) {
+		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)\(/s) {
 			my $spacing = $1;
-			my $value = $2;
-
-			# Flatten any parentheses
-			$value =~ s/\(/ \(/g;
-			$value =~ s/\)/\) /g;
-			while ($value =~ s/\[[^\[\]]*\]/1/ ||
-			       $value !~ /(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)\s*
-					     $Compare\s*
-					     (?:$Ident|-?$Constant)/x &&
-			       $value =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/) {
-			}
-#print "value<$value>\n";
-			if ($value =~ /^\s*(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)\s*$/) {
+			if ($^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);
 
@@ -3244,6 +3233,7 @@ sub process {
 				      "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;



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