Checkpatch: Print location when catching return code error
Display context so users can see where there error was
OLD:
ERROR: illegal return value, please use an error code
NEW:
ERROR: illegal return value, please use an error code
#152: test.c:5:
+ return -1;
Change-Id: I098004d9a5dbeb6c39b35b84ac94fd7a861849d7
Signed-off-by: Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@codeaurora.org>
(cherry picked from commit 8d09803de5d629f3ebc9cb357a40b5937a5d171e)
Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9904e6a..3661364 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5811,7 +5811,7 @@
# check for return codes on error paths
if ($line =~ /\breturn\s+-\d+/) {
ERROR("NO_ERROR_CODE",
- "illegal return value, please use an error code");
+ "illegal return value, please use an error code\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__