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

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Message-ID: <20150901191616.GG3409@piout.net>
Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2015 21:16:16 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	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

Hi,

On 01/09/2015 at 19:37:07 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven 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.
> 

The fact is that I've asked Greg to take the first fix as he is the one
carrying the offending patch. He didn't do it so I'll ensure that the
fix reaches Linus before -rc1.


-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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