netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] spi: make remove callback a void function

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Date:   Sun, 23 Jan 2022 23:49:22 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] spi: make remove callback a void function

On 23.01.2022 18:52:01, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The value returned by an spi driver's remove function is mostly ignored.
> (Only an error message is printed if the value is non-zero that the
> error is ignored.)
> 
> So change the prototype of the remove function to return no value. This
> way driver authors are not tempted to assume that passing an error to
> the upper layer is a good idea. All drivers are adapted accordingly.
> There is no intended change of behaviour, all callbacks were prepared to
> return 0 before.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/can/m_can/tcan4x5x-core.c                 |  4 +---
>  drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c                          |  4 +---
>  drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c                         |  4 +---
>  drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c        |  4 +---

For the CAN changes:

Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>

regards,
Marc

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