linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] void unregister_chrdev

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Message-ID: <20070630030604.GB4045@APFDCB5C>
Date:	Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:06:04 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] void unregister_chrdev - make void

unregister_chrdev() does not return meaningful value.
This patch makes it return void like most of unregister_* functions.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

---
 fs/char_dev.c      |    3 +--
 include/linux/fs.h |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: 2.6-mm/fs/char_dev.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-mm.orig/fs/char_dev.c
+++ 2.6-mm/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -321,14 +321,13 @@ void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from
 	}
 }
 
-int unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
+void unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
 {
 	struct char_device_struct *cd;
 	cd = __unregister_chrdev_region(major, 0, 256);
 	if (cd && cd->cdev)
 		cdev_del(cd->cdev);
 	kfree(cd);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock);
Index: 2.6-mm/include/linux/fs.h
===================================================================
--- 2.6-mm.orig/include/linux/fs.h
+++ 2.6-mm/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ extern int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *, 
 extern int register_chrdev_region(dev_t, unsigned, const char *);
 extern int register_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *,
 			   const struct file_operations *);
-extern int unregister_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *);
+extern void unregister_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *);
 extern void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t, unsigned);
 extern int chrdev_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern void chrdev_show(struct seq_file *,off_t);
-
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