linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] rtc: drop unused ret variable orphaned by misc

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Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:43:13 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	RTCLINUX <rtc-linux@...glegroups.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] rtc: drop unused ret variable orphaned by
 misc_deregister becoming void

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Paul Gortmaker
> <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
>> In commit f368ed6088ae9c1fbe1c897bb5f215ce5e63fa1e ("char: make
>> misc_deregister a void function") this ret variable became unused
>> which now generates a compile warning.  Get rid of it.
>>
>> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
>> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
>> Cc: rtc-linux@...glegroups.com
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>
> It's funny how these things end up in mainline, despite at least two
> people providing a patch.

Ah, Greg sent a very early pull request. That explains it...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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