linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/30] clk: scpi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:48:50 +0100
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/30] clk: scpi: Convert to platform remove callback
 returning void

Hello,

[put the clk maintainers in To:]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 03:01:44PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 05:14:57PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > The .remove() callback for a platform driver returns an int which makes
> > many driver authors wrongly assume it's possible to do error handling by
> > returning an error code. However the value returned is (mostly) ignored
> > and this typically results in resource leaks. To improve here there is a
> > quest to make the remove callback return void. In the first step of this
> > quest all drivers are converted to .remove_new() which already returns
> > void.
> > 
> > Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove
> > callback to the void returning variant.
> >
> 
> Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> 
> Let me know if you want me to pick up instead.

Honestly I don't know. I expected that the series is applied completely
via the clk maintainers, but the samsung patch was already taken
individually.

Michael and Stephen: It would probably be helpful if you shared your
thoughs about this. For me both options are fine.

Best regards
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
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