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Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number

From Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number
Date 2016-06-03 18:10 +0200
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On 06/03/2016 11:01 AM, Joe Perches wrote:

[...]
> I did more or less the same grep, and that's somewhat true.
> -1 though is very common and doesn't need to be replaced.
OK,

> 
> $ git grep -E "\breturn\s+\-\s*[0-9]+\s*;" * | grep -v "^tools" | grep -vP "return\s*\-1;" | wc -l
> 211
> 
> Looking at some of the specific instances of negative return values
> instead of the line counts though may show otherwise.
> 
> -EFOO errors aren't always better.
At least would'nt be a little more readable than obscure -val?

Would we like -[2-9][0-9]* flagged at all even as a check?

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Regards,
Nishanth Menon

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[PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com> - 2016-06-03 17:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@ti.com> - 2016-06-03 17:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-06-03 18:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com> - 2016-06-03 18:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-06-03 18:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-06-03 17:50 +0200
  [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number less than 1 Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com> - 2016-06-03 22:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number  less than 1 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-06-03 22:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Flag code that returns a negative number  less than 1 Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com> - 2016-06-03 22:50 +0200

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