linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/40] soc: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:25:56 +0000
From:   Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/40] soc: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

On Mon, 25 Sept 2023 at 09:55, Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> this series converts all platform drivers below drivers/soc to use
> .remove_new(). The motivation is to get rid of an integer return code
> that is (mostly) ignored by the platform driver core and error prone on
> the driver side.
>
> See commit 5c5a7680e67b ("platform: Provide a remove callback that
> returns no value") for an extended explanation and the eventual goal.
>
> As there is no single maintainer team for drivers/soc, I suggest the
> individual maintainers to pick up "their" patches.

I'd be happy if Arnd merged the lot at once. Arnd, what do you think?

If that will be too messy then I understand. I have queued the aspeed
ones locally and will push that out if we decide that's the best way
to go.

Thanks for doing this cleanup Uwe.

Cheers,

Joel