linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 196/228] RDMA/ipoib: Return void from ipoib_ib_dev

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Message-ID: <20200821065949.GA23823@amd>
Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 08:59:49 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@...il.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 196/228] RDMA/ipoib: Return void from
 ipoib_ib_dev_stop()

Hi!

> From: Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@...il.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 95a5631f6c9f3045f26245e6045244652204dfdb ]
> 
> The return value from ipoib_ib_dev_stop() is always 0 - change it to be
> void.

AFAICT this is not a fixup, just a preparation for "RDMA/ipoib: Fix
ABBA deadlock with ipoib_reap_ah(", but we are not merging that for
4.14, so it should not be neccessary here.

Best regards,
								Pavel
								
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