linux-kernel - __must_check (stir the pot :-))

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2007 17:31:46 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: __must_check (stir the pot :-))

So I am looking at "fixing" some of the warning produced by __must_check
but then I see (things like):

drivers/base/core.c: In function 'device_add':
drivers/base/core.c:714: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/base/core.c:719: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/base/core.c:722: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/base/core.c:728: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/base/core.c: In function 'device_rename':
drivers/base/core.c:1187: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/base/core.c:1197: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result

and things like this in drivers/base/sys.c:

int sysdev_create_file(struct sys_device * s, struct sysdev_attribute * a)
{
        return sysfs_create_file(&s->kobj, &a->attr);
}

where sysfs_create_file() is marked __must_check and sysdev_create_file()
isn't.

So the questions come to mind:  Do we really care if our core
infrastructure doesn't?  Can we care if the core infrastructure doesn't
propogate the error returns?

Flame away, I am prepared to ignore all opinions :-)
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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