Re: [OPW kernel] [PATCH] checkpatch: Make "return is not a function" test quieter

From: josh
Date: Thu Feb 27 2014 - 17:44:16 EST


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:27:10AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> This test is a bit noisy and opinions seem to agree that
> it should not warn in a lot more situations.
>
> It seems people agree that:
>
> return (foo || bar);
> and
> return foo || bar;
>
> are both acceptable style and checkpatch should be silent
> about them.
>
> For now, it warns on parentheses around a simple constant
> or a single function or a ternary.
>
> return (foo);
> return (foo(bar));
> return (foo ? bar : baz);
>
> The last ternary test may be quieted in the future.
>
> Modify the deparenthesize function to only strip balanced
> leading and trailing parentheses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I'd suggest dropping the warning for parenthesized ternaries as well,
but in any case:

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 91308be..be4be81 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -439,9 +439,14 @@ our $FuncArg = qr{$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc|$Constant)};
> sub deparenthesize {
> my ($string) = @_;
> return "" if (!defined($string));
> - $string =~ s@^\s*\(\s*@@g;
> - $string =~ s@\s*\)\s*$@@g;
> +
> + while ($string =~ /^\s*\(.*\)\s*$/) {
> + $string =~ s@^\s*\(\s*@@;
> + $string =~ s@\s*\)\s*$@@;
> + }
> +
> $string =~ s@\s+@ @g;
> +
> return $string;
> }
>
> @@ -3362,14 +3367,17 @@ sub process {
> }
> }
>
> -# Return is not a function.
> +# return is not a function
> if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)\(/s) {
> my $spacing = $1;
> if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
> - $stat =~ /^.\s*return\s*$balanced_parens\s*;\s*$/) {
> - ERROR("RETURN_PARENTHESES",
> - "return is not a function, parentheses are not required\n" . $herecurr);
> -
> + $stat =~ /^.\s*return\s*($balanced_parens)\s*;\s*$/) {
> + my $value = $1;
> + $value = deparenthesize($value);
> + if ($value =~ m/^\s*$FuncArg\s*(?:\?|$)/) {
> + ERROR("RETURN_PARENTHESES",
> + "return is not a function, parentheses are not required\n" . $herecurr);
> + }
> } elsif ($spacing !~ /\s+/) {
> ERROR("SPACING",
> "space required before the open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);
>
>
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