netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/ps3: make system bus's remove and shutdown callbacks return void

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Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:40:04 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/ps3: make system bus's remove and shutdown
 callbacks return void

Hi Uwe,

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 6:03 PM Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> wrote:
> The driver core ignores the return value of struct device_driver::remove
> because there is only little that can be done. For the shutdown callback
> it's ps3_system_bus_shutdown() which ignores the return value.
>
> To simplify the quest to make struct device_driver::remove return void,
> let struct ps3_system_bus_driver::remove return void, too. All users
> already unconditionally return 0, this commit makes it obvious that
> returning an error code is a bad idea and ensures future users behave
> accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Thanks for your patch!

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Note that the same can be done for ps3_vuart_port_driver.remove().

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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