Unknown linter breaks //nolint

Author: iwankgb

pkg/result/processors/nolint.go

@@ -250,14 +250,14 @@ func (p *Nolint) extractInlineRangeFromComment(text string, g ast.Node, fset *to
 	var linters []string
 	text = strings.Split(text, "//")[0] // allow another comment after this comment
 	linterItems := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(text, "nolint:"), ",")
-	var gotUnknownLinters bool
 	for _, linter := range linterItems {
 		linterName := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(linter))
 
 		lcs := p.dbManager.GetLinterConfigs(linterName)
 		if lcs == nil {
 			p.unknownLintersSet[linterName] = true
-			gotUnknownLinters = true
+			linters = append(linters, linterName)
+			nolintDebugf("unknown linter %s on line %d", linterName, fset.Position(g.Pos()).Line)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -266,10 +266,6 @@ func (p *Nolint) extractInlineRangeFromComment(text string, g ast.Node, fset *to
 		}
 	}
 
-	if gotUnknownLinters {
-		return buildRange(nil) // ignore all linters to not annoy user
-	}
-
 	nolintDebugf("%d: linters are %s", fset.Position(g.Pos()).Line, linters)
 	return buildRange(linters)
 }

test/testdata/nolint_apply_to_unknown.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//args: -Enolintlint -Egofmt
+//config: linters-settings.nolintlint.allow-unused=true
+package testdata
+
+func bar() {
+	_ =  0 //nolint: foobar // ERROR "File is not `gofmt`-ed with `-s`"
+}