On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 01:29:47PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> writes: > > > Use Coccinelle script to replace 'ret = E; return ret' with > > 'return E'. The script will do the substitution only when the > > function return type and variable type are the same. > > > > Sending as RFC because the patch looks more intrusive than the > > others. Probably better to split it per subsystem and let each > > maintainer review and apply it? > > As far as I'm concerned, obvious mechanical cleanups like this one can > go in as a single tree-wide patch. I'd consider making you split it up, > then chase maintainers a waste of your time[*].
Not wasting my time sounds like a good idea. :) Once the issues below are fixed and Eric's comments are addressed, should it go through your error reporting tree? > > checkpatch.pl is unhappy: > > 529: WARNING: line over 80 characters > 563: WARNING: line over 80 characters > 695: WARNING: line over 80 characters > 811: ERROR: return is not a function, parentheses are not required > 830: ERROR: return is not a function, parentheses are not required > 849: ERROR: return is not a function, parentheses are not required > > > [*] Been there, done that, but if it is what it takes... -- Eduardo