Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on unnecessary void function return statements

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Mon, 2014-06-16 at 16:28 -0700, Anish Bhatt wrote:
> This seems to ignore the ability to exit from void
> return functions via a `return;` in case of an error
> or similar. Any attempt to bail out generates warnings
> with checkpathch.pl Perhaps it should check for returns
> only at the end of the function ? If not, is there a
> suggested way to do this ? goto labels can't be directly
> used in place either

The only time checkpatch should bleat any message
is when there is a return; statement indented with
a single tab.
 
This form should be fine and not generate any
checkpatch warning.

void function(void)
{
	...

	if (err)
		return;

	...

}


If you want to use exit labels, I suggest you
use this form:

void function(void)
{

	...

	if (err)
		goto exit;

	...

exit:
	;
}