linux-kernel - [patch v2] checkpatch: complain about GW-BASIC style label names

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Message-ID: <20150513123712.GA2798@mwanda>
Date:	Wed, 13 May 2015 15:37:12 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch v2] checkpatch: complain about GW-BASIC style label names

GW-BASIC style label names are annoying so we can warn about that in
checkpatch.  The warnings look like:

	WARNING: 'fail2' isn't informative - prefer descriptive label names
	#267: FILE: ./sound/ppc/beep.c:267:
	+ fail2:        snd_ctl_remove(chip->card, beep_ctl);

This generates slightly under 2000 new warnings.  None of them are
false positives.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
v2: I don't want to warn about gotos...

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 89b1df4..c9e4c5b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4023,6 +4023,16 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+#avoid GW-BASIC style label names
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*((?i)(?:err|error|fail|out)[0-9]+)\s*:/) {
+			my $label = "This label";
+			if (defined $1) {
+				$label = $1;
+			}
+			WARN("BAD_LABEL_NAME",
+				 "'$label' isn't informative - prefer descriptive label names\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # return is not a function
 		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)\(/s) {
 			my $spacing = $1;
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