linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 4/7] Input: amimouse - convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 12:44:55 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 4/7] Input: amimouse - convert to platform
 remove callback returning void

Hi!

> From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 42b8ff47720258d1f6a4412e780a480c139773a0 ]
> 
> 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.

We don't really need this for -stable.

Best regards,
								Pavel

> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201133747.1099286-2-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>

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