linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] siox: Make remove callback return void

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Date:   Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:18:34 +0100
From:   Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@...elmann.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] siox: Make remove callback return void

The driver core ignores the return value of the remove callback, so
don't give siox drivers the chance to provide a value.

All siox drivers only allocate devm-managed resources in
.probe, so there is no .remove callback to fix.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/siox/siox-core.c | 5 ++---
 include/linux/siox.h     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/siox/siox-core.c b/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
index b56cdcb52967..1794ff0106bc 100644
--- a/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
+++ b/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
@@ -525,12 +525,11 @@ static int siox_remove(struct device *dev)
 	struct siox_driver *sdriver =
 		container_of(dev->driver, struct siox_driver, driver);
 	struct siox_device *sdevice = to_siox_device(dev);
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (sdriver->remove)
-		ret = sdriver->remove(sdevice);
+		sdriver->remove(sdevice);
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void siox_shutdown(struct device *dev)
diff --git a/include/linux/siox.h b/include/linux/siox.h
index da7225bf1877..6bfbda3f634c 100644
--- a/include/linux/siox.h
+++ b/include/linux/siox.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ bool siox_device_connected(struct siox_device *sdevice);
 
 struct siox_driver {
 	int (*probe)(struct siox_device *sdevice);
-	int (*remove)(struct siox_device *sdevice);
+	void (*remove)(struct siox_device *sdevice);
 	void (*shutdown)(struct siox_device *sdevice);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.29.2