linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.25-rc5 2/2] gpiochip

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Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:06:06 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, avorontsov@...mvista.com
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.25-rc5 2/2] gpiochip_reserve()

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:52:21 -0800
David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:

> +int __init __must_check gpiochip_reserve(int start, int ngpio)

I applaud the addition of __msut_check to a newly-added function of this
kind, but we usually only add the tag to the declaration, not to the
definition as well.

Not a lot of thought went into this, but we might as well be consistent.

--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c~gpiochip_reserve-fix
+++ a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int gpiochip_find_base(int ngpio)
  * to mark a range of gpios as unavailable for dynamic gpio number allocation,
  * for example because its driver support is not yet loaded.
  */
-int __init __must_check gpiochip_reserve(int start, int ngpio)
+int __init gpiochip_reserve(int start, int ngpio)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;


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