linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: The return type of the function could be void

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Message-Id: <20220506042105.6245-1-kunyu@nfschina.com>
Date:   Fri,  6 May 2022 12:21:05 +0800
From:   Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
To:     pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        wanpengli@...cent.com, jmattson@...gle.com, joro@...tes.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: The return type of the function could be void

Perhaps the return value of the function is not used.
It may be possible to optimize the execution instructions.

Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
index 46f9dfb60469..64c0d1f54258 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart stimer_timer_callback(struct hrtimer *timer)
  * a) stimer->count is not equal to 0
  * b) stimer->config has HV_STIMER_ENABLE flag
  */
-static int stimer_start(struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer *stimer)
+static void stimer_start(struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer *stimer)
 {
 	u64 time_now;
 	ktime_t ktime_now;
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int stimer_start(struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer *stimer)
 			      ktime_add_ns(ktime_now,
 					   100 * (stimer->exp_time - time_now)),
 			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 	stimer->exp_time = stimer->count;
 	if (time_now >= stimer->count) {
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int stimer_start(struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer *stimer)
 		 * the past, it will expire immediately."
 		 */
 		stimer_mark_pending(stimer, false);
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	trace_kvm_hv_stimer_start_one_shot(hv_stimer_to_vcpu(stimer)->vcpu_id,
@@ -659,7 +659,6 @@ static int stimer_start(struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer *stimer)
 	hrtimer_start(&stimer->timer,
 		      ktime_add_ns(ktime_now, 100 * (stimer->count - time_now)),
 		      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int stimer_set_config(struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer *stimer, u64 config,
-- 
2.18.2