linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] xen: make functions in xen-acpi-processor return void

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:30:45 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xen: make functions in xen-acpi-processor return void

On 31/03/17 17:15, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:40:56PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> There are several functions in xen-acpi-processor which either always
>> return the same value or where the returned value is never checked.
>>
>> Make the functions return void.
> 
> Well, we could actually check it and do some extra error reporting?
> (Does it even make sense?)
> 
> Granted the code was done this way so that if we did fail - we would
> try to continue on instead of giving up.
> 
> Perhaps you can include that in the commit description? Thanks

Okay. I'll change the commit description.


Juergen