linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi/arm: Don't expect a return value of ptdump_debugfs

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Date:   Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:44:45 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi/arm: Don't expect a return value of
 ptdump_debugfs_register

On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 11:18:22PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 20:21, Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > As of commit e2a2e56e4082 ("arm64: dump: no need to check return value
> > of debugfs_create functions") in the arm64 for-next/core branch,
> > ptdump_debugfs_register does not have a return value, which causes a
> > build error here:
> >
> > drivers/firmware/efi/arm-runtime.c:51:9: error: returning 'void' from a
> > function with incompatible result type 'int'
> >         return ptdump_debugfs_register(&efi_ptdump_info, "efi_page_tables");
> >                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 1 error generated.
> >
> > The arm version is still awaiting acceptance [1] but in anticipation
> > of that patch being merged, restructure this function to call
> > ptdump_debugfs_register without expecting a return value.
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190122144114.9816-3-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> 
> 
> Catalin, Will,
> 
> Could you please apply this directly?

Sure, we'll pick it up.

Will