diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c b/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
index 6deef1c679..cc5177cc2b 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
@@ -832,21 +832,21 @@ UpdateChangedParamSet(PlanState *node, Bitmapset *newchg)
  * normal non-error case: computing character indexes would be much more
  * expensive than storing token offsets.)
  */
-void
+int
 executor_errposition(EState *estate, int location)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	/* No-op if location was not provided */
 	if (location < 0)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	/* Can't do anything if source text is not available */
 	if (estate == NULL || estate->es_sourceText == NULL)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	/* Convert offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(estate->es_sourceText, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
-	errposition(pos);
+	return errposition(pos);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 91d4e99d34..645e4aa4ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -1246,15 +1246,15 @@ coerce_to_specific_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
  * XXX possibly this is more generally useful than coercion errors;
  * if so, should rename and place with parser_errposition.
  */
-void
+int
 parser_coercion_errposition(ParseState *pstate,
 							int coerce_location,
 							Node *input_expr)
 {
 	if (coerce_location >= 0)
-		parser_errposition(pstate, coerce_location);
+		return parser_errposition(pstate, coerce_location);
 	else
-		parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation(input_expr));
+		return parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation(input_expr));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
index 9a2fd924b6..6e98fe55fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
@@ -106,21 +106,21 @@ free_parsestate(ParseState *pstate)
  * normal non-error case: computing character indexes would be much more
  * expensive than storing token offsets.)
  */
-void
+int
 parser_errposition(ParseState *pstate, int location)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	/* No-op if location was not provided */
 	if (location < 0)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	/* Can't do anything if source text is not available */
 	if (pstate == NULL || pstate->p_sourcetext == NULL)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	/* Convert offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(pstate->p_sourcetext, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
-	errposition(pos);
+	return errposition(pos);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/scan.l b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
index 50ba68abd4..b1ea0cb538 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/scan.l
+++ b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
@@ -1076,18 +1076,18 @@ other			.
  * (essentially, scan.l, parser.c, and gram.y), since it requires the
  * yyscanner struct to still be available.
  */
-void
+int
 scanner_errposition(int location, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	if (location < 0)
-		return;				/* no-op if location is unknown */
+		return 0;				/* no-op if location is unknown */
 
 	/* Convert byte offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(yyextra->scanbuf, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
-	errposition(pos);
+	return errposition(pos);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c
index 8dc9c0b5cd..1972aecbed 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static bool dsm_impl_mmap(dsm_op op, dsm_handle handle, Size request_size,
 						  void **impl_private, void **mapped_address,
 						  Size *mapped_size, int elevel);
 #endif
-static void errcode_for_dynamic_shared_memory(void);
+static int	errcode_for_dynamic_shared_memory(void);
 
 const struct config_enum_entry dynamic_shared_memory_options[] = {
 #ifdef USE_DSM_POSIX
@@ -1030,11 +1030,11 @@ dsm_impl_unpin_segment(dsm_handle handle, void **impl_private)
 	}
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 errcode_for_dynamic_shared_memory(void)
 {
 	if (errno == EFBIG || errno == ENOMEM)
-		errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
+		return errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
 	else
-		errcode_for_file_access();
+		return errcode_for_file_access();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
index 321ab9a0db..4b5007e0d6 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ typedef struct JsObject
 			hash_destroy((jso)->val.json_hash); \
 	} while (0)
 
-static void report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex);
+static int	report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex);
 
 /* semantic action functions for json_object_keys */
 static void okeys_object_field_start(void *state, char *fname, bool isnull);
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ json_ereport_error(JsonParseErrorType error, JsonLexContext *lex)
  * The return value isn't meaningful, but we make it non-void so that this
  * can be invoked inside ereport().
  */
-static void
+static int
 report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex)
 {
 	const char *context_start;
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex)
 	prefix = (context_start > line_start) ? "..." : "";
 	suffix = (lex->token_type != JSON_TOKEN_END && context_end - lex->input < lex->input_length && *context_end != '\n' && *context_end != '\r') ? "..." : "";
 
-	errcontext("JSON data, line %d: %s%s%s",
-			   line_number, prefix, ctxt, suffix);
+	return errcontext("JSON data, line %d: %s%s%s",
+					  line_number, prefix, ctxt, suffix);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
index 6ac2152ddf..b8858b132b 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ errfinish(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *funcname)
  *
  * The code is expected to be represented as per MAKE_SQLSTATE().
  */
-void
+int
 errcode(int sqlerrcode)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ errcode(int sqlerrcode)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->sqlerrcode = sqlerrcode;
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -627,7 +629,7 @@ errcode(int sqlerrcode)
  * NOTE: the primary error message string should generally include %m
  * when this is used.
  */
-void
+int
 errcode_for_file_access(void)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -685,6 +687,8 @@ errcode_for_file_access(void)
 			edata->sqlerrcode = ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 			break;
 	}
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -696,7 +700,7 @@ errcode_for_file_access(void)
  * NOTE: the primary error message string should generally include %m
  * when this is used.
  */
-void
+int
 errcode_for_socket_access(void)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -719,6 +723,8 @@ errcode_for_socket_access(void)
 			edata->sqlerrcode = ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 			break;
 	}
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -814,7 +820,7 @@ errcode_for_socket_access(void)
  * Note: no newline is needed at the end of the fmt string, since
  * ereport will provide one for the output methods that need it.
  */
-void
+int
 errmsg(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -829,13 +835,14 @@ errmsg(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * Add a backtrace to the containing ereport() call.  This is intended to be
  * added temporarily during debugging.
  */
-void
+int
 errbacktrace(void)
 {
 	ErrorData   *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -849,6 +856,8 @@ errbacktrace(void)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -898,7 +907,7 @@ set_backtrace(ErrorData *edata, int num_skip)
  * the message because the translation would fail and result in infinite
  * error recursion.
  */
-void
+int
 errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -913,6 +922,7 @@ errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -920,7 +930,7 @@ errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...)
  * errmsg_plural --- add a primary error message text to the current error,
  * with support for pluralization of the message text
  */
-void
+int
 errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 			  unsigned long n,...)
 {
@@ -936,13 +946,14 @@ errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
 /*
  * errdetail --- add a detail error message text to the current error
  */
-void
+int
 errdetail(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -956,6 +967,7 @@ errdetail(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -968,7 +980,7 @@ errdetail(const char *fmt,...)
  * messages that seem not worth translating for one reason or another
  * (typically, that they don't seem to be useful to average users).
  */
-void
+int
 errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -982,13 +994,14 @@ errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
 /*
  * errdetail_log --- add a detail_log error message text to the current error
  */
-void
+int
 errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1002,13 +1015,14 @@ errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * errdetail_log_plural --- add a detail_log error message text to the current error
  * with support for pluralization of the message text
  */
-void
+int
 errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 					 unsigned long n,...)
 {
@@ -1023,6 +1037,7 @@ errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1030,7 +1045,7 @@ errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
  * errdetail_plural --- add a detail error message text to the current error,
  * with support for pluralization of the message text
  */
-void
+int
 errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 				 unsigned long n,...)
 {
@@ -1045,13 +1060,14 @@ errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
 /*
  * errhint --- add a hint error message text to the current error
  */
-void
+int
 errhint(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1065,6 +1081,7 @@ errhint(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1075,7 +1092,7 @@ errhint(const char *fmt,...)
  * context information.  We assume earlier calls represent more-closely-nested
  * states.
  */
-void
+int
 errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1089,6 +1106,7 @@ errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1100,7 +1118,7 @@ errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...)
  * a set_errcontext_domain() call to specify the domain.  This is usually
  * done transparently by the errcontext() macro.
  */
-void
+int
 set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1110,6 +1128,8 @@ set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain)
 
 	/* the default text domain is the backend's */
 	edata->context_domain = domain ? domain : PG_TEXTDOMAIN("postgres");
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1118,7 +1138,7 @@ set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain)
  *
  * This should be called if the message text already includes the statement.
  */
-void
+int
 errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1127,6 +1147,8 @@ errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->hide_stmt = hide_stmt;
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1135,7 +1157,7 @@ errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt)
  * This should only be used for verbose debugging messages where the repeated
  * inclusion of context would bloat the log volume too much.
  */
-void
+int
 errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1144,6 +1166,8 @@ errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->hide_ctx = hide_ctx;
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1154,7 +1178,7 @@ errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx)
  * name appear in messages sent to old-protocol clients.  Note that the
  * passed string is expected to be a non-freeable constant string.
  */
-void
+int
 errfunction(const char *funcname)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1164,12 +1188,14 @@ errfunction(const char *funcname)
 
 	edata->funcname = funcname;
 	edata->show_funcname = true;
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * errposition --- add cursor position to the current error
  */
-void
+int
 errposition(int cursorpos)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1178,12 +1204,14 @@ errposition(int cursorpos)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->cursorpos = cursorpos;
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * internalerrposition --- add internal cursor position to the current error
  */
-void
+int
 internalerrposition(int cursorpos)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1192,6 +1220,8 @@ internalerrposition(int cursorpos)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->internalpos = cursorpos;
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1201,7 +1231,7 @@ internalerrposition(int cursorpos)
  * is intended for use in error callback subroutines that are editorializing
  * on the layout of the error report.
  */
-void
+int
 internalerrquery(const char *query)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1217,6 +1247,8 @@ internalerrquery(const char *query)
 
 	if (query)
 		edata->internalquery = MemoryContextStrdup(edata->assoc_context, query);
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1229,7 +1261,7 @@ internalerrquery(const char *query)
  * Most potential callers should not use this directly, but instead prefer
  * higher-level abstractions, such as errtablecol() (see relcache.c).
  */
-void
+int
 err_generic_string(int field, const char *str)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1258,6 +1290,8 @@ err_generic_string(int field, const char *str)
 			elog(ERROR, "unsupported ErrorData field id: %d", field);
 			break;
 	}
+
+	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/executor/executor.h b/src/include/executor/executor.h
index cd0e6439cd..94890512dc 100644
--- a/src/include/executor/executor.h
+++ b/src/include/executor/executor.h
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ exec_rt_fetch(Index rti, EState *estate)
 
 extern Relation ExecGetRangeTableRelation(EState *estate, Index rti);
 
-extern void executor_errposition(EState *estate, int location);
+extern int	executor_errposition(EState *estate, int location);
 
 extern void RegisterExprContextCallback(ExprContext *econtext,
 										ExprContextCallbackFunction function,
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
index a3295b3fa4..8686eaacbc 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extern Node *coerce_to_specific_type_typmod(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 											Oid targetTypeId, int32 targetTypmod,
 											const char *constructName);
 
-extern void parser_coercion_errposition(ParseState *pstate,
+extern int	parser_coercion_errposition(ParseState *pstate,
 										int coerce_location,
 										Node *input_expr);
 
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_node.h b/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
index b223b59542..d25819aa28 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ typedef struct ParseCallbackState
 
 extern ParseState *make_parsestate(ParseState *parentParseState);
 extern void free_parsestate(ParseState *pstate);
-extern void parser_errposition(ParseState *pstate, int location);
+extern int	parser_errposition(ParseState *pstate, int location);
 
 extern void setup_parser_errposition_callback(ParseCallbackState *pcbstate,
 											  ParseState *pstate, int location);
diff --git a/src/include/parser/scanner.h b/src/include/parser/scanner.h
index 02ae10a225..a27352afc1 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/scanner.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/scanner.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ extern core_yyscan_t scanner_init(const char *str,
 extern void scanner_finish(core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
 extern int	core_yylex(core_YYSTYPE *lvalp, YYLTYPE *llocp,
 					   core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
-extern void scanner_errposition(int location, core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
+extern int	scanner_errposition(int location, core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
 extern void setup_scanner_errposition_callback(ScannerCallbackState *scbstate,
 											   core_yyscan_t yyscanner,
 											   int location);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/elog.h b/src/include/utils/elog.h
index d244b1c0ac..1e09ee0541 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/elog.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/elog.h
@@ -149,30 +149,30 @@
 extern bool errstart(int elevel, const char *domain);
 extern void errfinish(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *funcname);
 
-extern void errcode(int sqlerrcode);
+extern int	errcode(int sqlerrcode);
 
-extern void errcode_for_file_access(void);
-extern void errcode_for_socket_access(void);
+extern int	errcode_for_file_access(void);
+extern int	errcode_for_socket_access(void);
 
-extern void errmsg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
-extern void errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern int	errmsg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern int	errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern void errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
+extern int	errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 						  unsigned long n,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 4) pg_attribute_printf(2, 4);
 
-extern void errdetail(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
-extern void errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern int	errdetail(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern int	errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern void errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern int	errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern void errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular,
+extern int	errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular,
 								 const char *fmt_plural,
 								 unsigned long n,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 4) pg_attribute_printf(2, 4);
 
-extern void errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
+extern int	errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 							 unsigned long n,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 4) pg_attribute_printf(2, 4);
 
-extern void errhint(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern int	errhint(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
 /*
  * errcontext() is typically called in error context callback functions, not
@@ -184,22 +184,22 @@ extern void errhint(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
  */
 #define errcontext	set_errcontext_domain(TEXTDOMAIN),	errcontext_msg
 
-extern void set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain);
+extern int	set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain);
 
-extern void errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern int	errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern void errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt);
-extern void errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx);
+extern int	errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt);
+extern int	errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx);
 
-extern void errbacktrace(void);
+extern int	errbacktrace(void);
 
-extern void errfunction(const char *funcname);
-extern void errposition(int cursorpos);
+extern int	errfunction(const char *funcname);
+extern int	errposition(int cursorpos);
 
-extern void internalerrposition(int cursorpos);
-extern void internalerrquery(const char *query);
+extern int	internalerrposition(int cursorpos);
+extern int	internalerrquery(const char *query);
 
-extern void err_generic_string(int field, const char *str);
+extern int	err_generic_string(int field, const char *str);
 
 extern int	geterrcode(void);
 extern int	geterrposition(void);
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c
index 9d81679cc5..9cea2e42ac 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c
@@ -468,20 +468,20 @@ plpgsql_peek2(int *tok1_p, int *tok2_p, int *tok1_loc, int *tok2_loc)
  * parsing of a plpgsql function, since it requires the scanorig string
  * to still be available.
  */
-void
+int
 plpgsql_scanner_errposition(int location)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	if (location < 0 || scanorig == NULL)
-		return;					/* no-op if location is unknown */
+		return 0;				/* no-op if location is unknown */
 
 	/* Convert byte offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(scanorig, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
 	(void) internalerrposition(pos);
 	/* Also pass the function body string */
-	internalerrquery(scanorig);
+	return internalerrquery(scanorig);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
index 325f4f7fd4..69df3306fd 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ extern void plpgsql_append_source_text(StringInfo buf,
 extern int	plpgsql_peek(void);
 extern void plpgsql_peek2(int *tok1_p, int *tok2_p, int *tok1_loc,
 						  int *tok2_loc);
-extern void plpgsql_scanner_errposition(int location);
+extern int	plpgsql_scanner_errposition(int location);
 extern void plpgsql_yyerror(const char *message) pg_attribute_noreturn();
 extern int	plpgsql_location_to_lineno(int location);
 extern int	plpgsql_latest_lineno(void);