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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:15:48 +0200 From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>, Bin Luo <luobin9@...wei.com>, Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>, Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@...il.com>, Derek Chickles <dchickles@...vell.com>, drivers@...sando.io, Felix Manlunas <fmanlunas@...vell.com>, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, Geetha sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, GR-everest-linux-l2@...vell.com, GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com, hariprasad <hkelam@...vell.com>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, Intel Corporation <linuxwwan@...el.com>, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>, Jerin Jacob <jerinj@...vell.com>, Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>, Linu Cherian <lcherian@...vell.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>, Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>, M Chetan Kumar <m.chetan.kumar@...el.com>, Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...igine.com, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>, Satanand Burla <sburla@...vell.com>, Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>, Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>, Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>, Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>, Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>, Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@...vell.com>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Vadym Kochan <vkochan@...vell.com>, Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>, Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1] devlink: Make devlink_register to be void Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:58:03AM CEST, leon@...nel.org wrote: >From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com> > >devlink_register() can't fail and always returns success, but all drivers >are obligated to check returned status anyway. This adds a lot of boilerplate >code to handle impossible flow. > >Make devlink_register() void and simplify the drivers that use that >API call. > >Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
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