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diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index 38875ed939b..25144809b39 100644 --- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -71,15 +71,7 @@ Improvements to clang-tidy <clang-tidy/checks/linuxkernel-must-use-errs>` check. Checks Linux kernel code to see if it uses the results from the functions in - ``linux/err.h``. Also checks to see if code uses the results from functions that - directly return a value from one of these error functions. - - This is important in the Linux kernel because ``ERR_PTR``, ``PTR_ERR``, - ``IS_ERR``, ``IS_ERR_OR_NULL``, ``ERR_CAST``, and ``PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO`` return - values must be checked, since positive pointers and negative error codes are - being used in the same context. These functions are marked with - ``__attribute__((warn_unused_result))``, but some kernel versions do not have - this warning enabled for clang. + ``linux/err.h``. - New :doc:`google-upgrade-googletest-case <clang-tidy/checks/google-upgrade-googletest-case>` check. |
