[PATCH] checkpatch: Improve "return is not a function" test

[Joe Perches]

Find a few more cases where parentheses are used around
the value of a return statement.

This also makes the test depend on perl v5.10 and higher.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 18 ++++--------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 23d55bf..957ba04 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3221,21 +3221,10 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # Return is not a function.
-		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)(\(.*);/s) {
+		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)\(/s) {
 			my $spacing = $1;
-			my $value = $2;
-
-			# Flatten any parentheses
-			$value =~ s/\(/ \(/g;
-			$value =~ s/\)/\) /g;
-			while ($value =~ s/\[[^\[\]]*\]/1/ ||
-			       $value !~ /(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)\s*
-					     $Compare\s*
-					     (?:$Ident|-?$Constant)/x &&
-			       $value =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/) {
-			}
-#print "value<$value>\n";
-			if ($value =~ /^\s*(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)\s*$/) {
+			if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+			    $stat =~ /^.\s*return\s*$balanced_parens\s*;\s*$/) {
 				ERROR("RETURN_PARENTHESES",
 				      "return is not a function, parentheses are not required\n" . $herecurr);
 
@@ -3244,6 +3233,7 @@ sub process {
 				      "space required before the open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
+
 # Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be -'ve
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*return\s*(E[A-Z]*)\s*;/) {
 			my $name = $1;


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