The release branch creation checkpoints calls for checking for error leaks, so here's the output of tools/dev/warn-unused-result.sh (after removing the __attribute__ from svn_error__malfunction()):
[[[ subversion/libsvn_delta/branch.c:485:11: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_element__tree_set(branch->priv->element_tree, old_eid, NULL); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ subversion/libsvn_delta/branch.c:486:11: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_element__tree_set(branch->priv->element_tree, new_eid, element); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ subversion/libsvn_delta/branch.c:975:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_element__tree_set(branch->priv->element_tree, eid, element); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 warnings generated. subversion/libsvn_delta/element.c:465:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_element__tree_set(new_subtree, new_subtree->root_eid, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_subr/cache_config.c:164:18: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_subr/io.c:2426:18: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_subr/stream.c:1471:9: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_checksum_ctx_reset(btn->read_ctx); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ subversion/libsvn_subr/stream.c:1474:9: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_checksum_ctx_reset(btn->write_ctx); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 warnings generated. subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/low_level.c:673:5: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_stream_puts(stream, "\n"); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/low_level.c:890:18: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ 2 warnings generated. subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/transaction.c:3857:26: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/transaction.c:3873:26: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ 2 warnings generated. subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/verify.c:856:26: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err2 ^ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_fs_x/changes.c:187:5: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] append_change(changes, APR_ARRAY_IDX(list, i, svn_fs_x__change_t *)); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_fs_x/low_level.c:365:18: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ subversion/libsvn_fs_x/low_level.c:1134:5: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_stream_puts(stream, "\n"); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 warnings generated. subversion/libsvn_fs_x/transaction.c:1262:11: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_io_dir_make(txn_dir, APR_OS_DEFAULT, iterpool); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_fs_x/verify.c:787:26: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err2 ^ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_client/merge.c:368:18: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_client/patch.c:2148:7: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_stream_printf(target->reject_stream, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_wc/adm_ops.c:418:20: warning: 'warn_unused_result' attribute only applies to functions, methods, and classes [-Wignored-attributes] __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) svn_error_t *err ^ 1 warning generated. subversion/libsvn_wc/wc_db.c:16528:15: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] lock_remove_txn(queue->wcroot, cqi->local_relpath, work_item, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/svn/conflict-callbacks.c:1657:11: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_cmdline_fprintf(stderr, iterpool, "%s\n", ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/svn/notify.c:213:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_hash_keys(conflicted_paths, all_conflicts, result_pool); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/svnfsfs/load-index-cmd.c:150:7: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_stream_readline(input, &line, "\n", &eol, iterpool); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/tests/libsvn_repos/authz-test.c:280:5: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] print_user_rights(NULL, NULL, 0, &authz->anon_rights, pool); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ subversion/tests/libsvn_repos/authz-test.c:282:5: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] print_user_rights(NULL, NULL, 0, &authz->authn_rights, pool); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 warnings generated. subversion/tests/libsvn_client/conflicts-test.c:543:7: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] sbox_wc_move(b, move_src_path, new_dir_path); ^~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/tests/libsvn_repos/dump-load-test.c:84:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_stream_close(stream); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ subversion/tests/libsvn_repos/dump-load-test.c:134:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_stream_close(stream); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 2 warnings generated. subversion/tests/libsvn_fs_fs/fs-fs-pack-test.c:1634:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_hash_write2(props, svn_stream_from_stringbuf(hash_rep, pool), "END", ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/mergeinfo-test.c:1765:6: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_rangelist_to_string(&tmp_string, rangelist, pool); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 warning generated. subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/priority-queue-test.c:128:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] verify_empty_queue(queue); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/priority-queue-test.c:157:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] verify_empty_queue(queue); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/priority-queue-test.c:217:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] verify_empty_queue(queue); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ 3 warnings generated. tools/client-side/svnconflict/svnconflict.c:366:5: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_cmdline_printf(pool, "text-conflict\n"); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tools/client-side/svnconflict/svnconflict.c:371:7: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_cmdline_printf(pool, "prop-conflict: %s\n", propname); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tools/client-side/svnconflict/svnconflict.c:383:7: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_cmdline_printf(pool, "tree-conflict: %s %s\n", ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tools/client-side/svnconflict/svnconflict.c:404:7: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_cmdline_printf(pool, "%d: %s\n", id, label); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 warnings generated. tools/dev/svnmover/svnmover.c:2439:5: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_stringbuf_from_stream(&text, src, 0, scratch_pool); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tools/dev/svnmover/svnmover.c:2779:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with warn_unused_result attribute [-Wunused-result] svn_element__tree_set(from_subtree->tree, from_subtree->tree->root_eid, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 warnings generated. ]]] I think we should enable this warning by default in maintainer mode in supporting compilers, but that's a separate discussion to just fixing these error leaks in trunk (& 1.10.x). Cheers, Daniel