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Message-ID: <AM0PR04MB6289BB9BA4BC0B398F2989108F9B9@AM0PR04MB6289.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:30:05 +0000 From: Leo Li <leoyang.li@....com> To: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@...il.com>, Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>, Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>, Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>, Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>, Gaurav Jain <gaurav.jain@....com>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>, Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, "Y.B. Lu" <yangbo.lu@....com>, "Diana Madalina Craciun (OSS)" <diana.craciun@....nxp.com>, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> CC: "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, "kernel@...gutronix.de" <kernel@...gutronix.de>, "dmaengine@...r.kernel.org" <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>, "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org> Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/6] bus: fsl-mc: Make remove function return void > -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:11 PM > To: Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@...il.com>; Laurentiu Tudor > <laurentiu.tudor@....com>; Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>; Leo Li > <leoyang.li@....com>; Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>; Pankaj > Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>; Gaurav Jain <gaurav.jain@....com>; > Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>; David S. Miller > <davem@...emloft.net>; Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>; Ioana Ciornei > <ioana.ciornei@....com>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>; Jakub > Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>; Y.B. Lu > <yangbo.lu@....com>; Diana Madalina Craciun (OSS) > <diana.craciun@....nxp.com>; Alex Williamson > <alex.williamson@...hat.com>; Richard Cochran > <richardcochran@...il.com> > Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux- > kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org; > kernel@...gutronix.de; dmaengine@...r.kernel.org; linuxppc- > dev@...ts.ozlabs.org; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] bus: fsl-mc: Make remove function return void > > Hello, > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 11:41:22PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > > Hello, > > > > many bus remove functions return an integer which is a historic > > misdesign that makes driver authors assume that there is some kind of > > error handling in the upper layers. This is wrong however and > > returning and error code only yields an error message. > > > > This series improves the fsl-mc bus by changing the remove callback to > > return no value instead. As a preparation all drivers are changed to > > return zero before so that they don't trigger the error message. > > Who is supposed to pick up this patch series (or point out a good reason for > not taking it)? Previously Greg KH picked up MC bus patches. If no one is picking up them this time, I probably can take it through the fsl soc tree. Regards, Leo
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