From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,T_DKIM_INVALID, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965F7C6778A for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 18:09:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FFBD24687 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 18:09:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="Lmxoagvr"; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="Lmxoagvr" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 3FFBD24687 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934455AbeGCSJr (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:09:47 -0400 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:35424 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934195AbeGCSJq (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:09:46 -0400 Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C4BBA601CF; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 18:09:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1530641385; bh=rL/ljN7umr3/KHvvo68viD/g72BeW6syn82xZpqQG9M=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=Lmxoagvr7vtbxrzrGXgBOCRAaXr4dUZ34QyvJX0out7ygoKCnY0xZhxPCspjLmfiW T5gBb1+SEjAclf9beGTWfwDAc4rDgjqDxVXO6co6OrWT215XCC+13mTr8Pm5iIzXyj rP4c3N/VeWK8lhnnABnQe6eHlaOWYI/PpyMnKMnQ= Received: from pheragu-linux.qualcomm.com (i-global254.qualcomm.com [199.106.103.254]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pheragu@smtp.codeaurora.org) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C856960249; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 18:09:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1530641385; bh=rL/ljN7umr3/KHvvo68viD/g72BeW6syn82xZpqQG9M=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=Lmxoagvr7vtbxrzrGXgBOCRAaXr4dUZ34QyvJX0out7ygoKCnY0xZhxPCspjLmfiW T5gBb1+SEjAclf9beGTWfwDAc4rDgjqDxVXO6co6OrWT215XCC+13mTr8Pm5iIzXyj rP4c3N/VeWK8lhnnABnQe6eHlaOWYI/PpyMnKMnQ= DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org C856960249 Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=pheragu@codeaurora.org From: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu To: apw@canonical.com, joe@perches.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ckadabi@codeaurora.org, tsoni@codeaurora.org, bryanh@codeaurora.org, Patrick Pannuto , Stepan Moskovchenko , Prakruthi Deepak Heragu Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Check for illegal return codes Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:09:29 -0700 Message-Id: <1530641369-31098-1-git-send-email-pheragu@codeaurora.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The only legal integer return is 0, anything else following "return" should be -ERRCODE or a function. http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/23/318 There's lots of "return -1;" statements in this patch - it's obscene that this is used to indicate "some error occurred" in kernel space rather than a real errno value - even when an existing function (eg, request_irq) gave you an error code already. Signed-off-by: Patrick Pannuto Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko Signed-off-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a9c0550..260d252 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -6197,6 +6197,12 @@ 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", -- The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project