linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Return a value from printk

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 22:48:11 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
Cc:	Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Return a value from printk_ratelimited

On Fri, 2014-09-26 at 22:36 -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> printk returns an integer; there's no reason for printk_ratelimited to swallow
> it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---

I'd prefer to keep it the way it is actually.

I've submitted several patches to convert the int return
to void for printk derived functions recently.


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