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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dad87c368632..461d4221e4a4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5462,7 +5462,7 @@ sub process {
# Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be negative
if ($sline =~ /\breturn(?:\s*\(+\s*|\s+)(E[A-Z]+)(?:\s*\)+\s*|\s*)[;:,]/) {
my $name = $1;
- if ($name ne 'EOF' && $name ne 'ERROR') {
+ if ($name ne 'EOF' && $name ne 'ERROR' && $name !~ /^EPOLL/) {
WARN("USE_NEGATIVE_ERRNO",
"return of an errno should typically be negative (ie: return -$1)\n" . $herecurr);
}