linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch.pl warning for "return" with value

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Date:   Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:25:04 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Luben Tuikov <luben.tuikov@....com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl warning for "return" with value

On Fri, 2020-04-17 at 14:52 -0400, Luben Tuikov wrote:
> Also checking and returning from a function, doesn't
> always have to be binary. It could be,
> 
> 	if (A) {
> 		...;
> 		return X;
> 	} else if (B) {
> 		...;
> 		return Y;
> 	} else {
> 		...;
> 		return Z;
> 	}
> }
> 
> And interestingly, checkpatch.pl doesn't complain for
> the triplet above. But if I remove condition B, above,
> it does complain.

My recollection is false positives existed so the
else if case was not wanted.