Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] scripts/checkpatch.pl: avoid false warning missing break

[Joe Perches]

On Sun, 2017-09-10 at 17:46 +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> void foo(int a)
> 	switch (a) {
> 	case 'h':
> 		fun1();
> 		exit(1);
> 	default:
> }
> 
> creates a warning
> Possible switch case/default not preceded by break
> or fallthrough comment
> 
> exit( should be treated like return.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -6084,7 +6084,7 @@ sub process {
>  				next if ($fline =~ /^.[\s$;]*$/);
>  				$has_statement = 1;
>  				$count++;
> -				$has_break = 1 if ($fline =~ /\bswitch\b|\b(?:break\s*;[\s$;]*$|return\b|goto\b|continue\b)/);
> +				$has_break = 1 if ($fline =~ /\bswitch\b|\b(?:break\s*;[\s$;]*$|exit\s*\(\b|return\b|goto\b|continue\b)/);
>  			}
>  			if (!$has_break && $has_statement) {
>  				WARN("MISSING_BREAK",