linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cdx: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 12:12:56 +0200
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Puneet Gupta <puneet.gupta@....com>, 
	Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Abhijit Gangurde <abhijit.gangurde@....com>, kernel@...gutronix.de, 
	Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cdx: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

Hello Greg,

On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 09:51:05AM +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 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>

we just talked in irc about this thread that might have fell through the
cracks on your side.

Thanks for reconsidering to apply it for v6.10-rc1,
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
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