linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/20] pinctrl: renesas: rzn1: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdX=pESX1PefCXBSHgu8wRMsEiNO02q1-sjsxqysKb1znA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 11:39:00 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/20] pinctrl: renesas: rzn1: Convert to platform remove
 callback returning void

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 11:22 AM Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> 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 ignored (apart
> from emitting a warning) 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. Eventually after all drivers
> are converted, .remove_new() will be renamed to .remove().
>
> Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove
> callback to the void returning variant.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Linus: do you plan to take this whole series directly?
If yes:
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Otherwise, I can queue it in renesas-pinctrl-for-v6.7 for my
second PR for v6.7 this Friday.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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