netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v11 04/12] virtio: Expose object create and destroy API

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Message-ID: <654889ca-05f4-4147-a0bb-6a54c254c243@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:21:46 -0600
From: Dan Jurgens <danielj@...dia.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, jasowang@...hat.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v11 04/12] virtio: Expose object create and
 destroy API

On 11/19/25 12:39 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 09:29:05PM -0600, Dan Jurgens wrote:
>> On 11/18/25 4:14 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 08:38:54AM -0600, Daniel Jurgens wrote:
>>
>>>> +int virtio_admin_obj_destroy(struct virtio_device *vdev,
>>>> +			     u16 obj_type,
>>>> +			     u32 obj_id,
>>>> +			     u16 group_type,
>>>> +			     u64 group_member_id)
>>>
>>> what's the point of making it int when none of the callers
>>> check the return type?
>>>
>>
>> It's an API, and return codes are available. I don't have a use for them
>> in this series but perhaps a future user will.
> 
> For starters let's address the existing use which wants it to never fail.
> I would say do something with an error inside the function.
> Maybe just WARN_ON_ONCE.
> 

I can add that, in my case there's no recourse if it fails anyway.