> -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:11 PM > To: Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@xxxxxxxxx>; Laurentiu Tudor > <laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx>; Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@xxxxxxx>; Leo Li > <leoyang.li@xxxxxxx>; Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@xxxxxxx>; Pankaj > Gupta <pankaj.gupta@xxxxxxx>; Gaurav Jain <gaurav.jain@xxxxxxx>; > Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller > <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx>; Ioana Ciornei > <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub > Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; Y.B. Lu > <yangbo.lu@xxxxxxx>; Diana Madalina Craciun (OSS) > <diana.craciun@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Alex Williamson > <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>; Richard Cochran > <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dmaengine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linuxppc- > dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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
