linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: greybus: audio_codec: changed a void function to return 0

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Date:   Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:19:25 +0200
From:   Senthuran Sivarajah <ssivaraj@...d.fra-uas.de>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     vaibhav.sr@...il.com, greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: greybus: audio_codec: changed a void function to
 return 0

Hello Greg,

I've run the checkpatch.pl script on audio_code.c:
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file --terse 
> drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c

and got the following warning:
> drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c:1032: WARNING: void function 
> return statements are not generally useful

As Brian wrote, we can either remove the return or leave it as is, so my 
"changes" can be ignored. This is not a coding style issue and I should 
have been more clear on the commit message. I apologize for the mistake.

Thank you and @Brian for taking the time to reply.

Kind regards,
Senthu

Am 28.10.2021 18:42, schrieb Greg KH:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 05:38:08PM +0200, Senthu Sivarajah wrote:
>> From: Senthuran Sivarajah <ssivaraj@...d.fra-uas.de>
>> 
>> Fixed a coding style issue.
> 
> What coding style exactly?
> 
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Senthuran Sivarajah <ssivaraj@...d.fra-uas.de>
>> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c 
>> b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
>> index b589cf6b1d03..9f99862791dc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
>> @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static int gbcodec_probe(struct 
>> snd_soc_component *comp)
>>  static void gbcodec_remove(struct snd_soc_component *comp)
>>  {
>>  	/* Empty function for now */
>> -	return;
>> +	return 0;
> 
> Did you build this change?
> 
> Exactly what tool reported a problem with this code and what was the
> exact error?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h