[LTP] [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: Ignore USE_NEGATIVE_ERRNO
Petr Vorel
pvorel@suse.cz
Fri Jul 10 08:29:21 CEST 2026
return of an errno should typically be negative is purely kernel
specific, avoid warning like:
epoll_ctl06.c:36: WARNING: return of an errno should typically be negative (ie: return -EPERM)
Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
---
.checkpatch.conf | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index a7b6219ada..2ede8d54c5 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
# kernel specific
--ignore BIT_MACRO,PREFER_DEFINED_ATTRIBUTE_MACRO,PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,STRCPY,STRLCPY,STRNCPY
+# kernel specific (cont)
+--ignore USE_NEGATIVE_ERRNO
+
# TODO: document reason
--ignore CONST_STRUCT,VOLATILE,FILE_PATH_CHANGES,LONG_LINE,MACRO_ARG_REUSE,MULTIPLE_ASSIGNMENTS
--
2.54.0
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