netdev - Re: [PATCH 03/27] drivers/net: fix sparse warning: returning void-valued expression

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Date:	Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:59:21 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	hannes@...neseder.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/27] drivers/net: fix sparse warning: returning
 void-valued expression

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:17:40 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Hannes Eder <hannes@...neseder.net>
> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:15:17 +0100
> 
> > Fix this sparse warning:
> > 
> >   drivers/net/niu.c:8850:2: warning: returning void-valued expression
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hannes Eder <hannes@...neseder.net>
> 
> Can we just fix sparse not to generate this warning?  It's
> marginal, at best.  C++ even explicitly defines this as valid
> and last time I brought this up Linus even agreed.

Ack, I discussed it with him also and he thought that
they were just fine as they were...

> The types match, the function returns void and it is returning a void,
> what is the problem?


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~Randy
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