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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 8866ce3abdc8..0939b70a4230 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5587,6 +5587,12 @@ sub process { "switch default: should use break\n" . $herectx); } +# check for return codes on error paths + if ($line =~ /\breturn\s+-\d+/) { + ERROR("NO_ERROR_CODE", + "illegal return value, please use an error code"); + } + # check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__ if ($line =~ /\b__FUNCTION__\b/) { if (WARN("USE_FUNC", |