Re: [PATCH 08/42] crypto: atmel-aes - Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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On 20/10/23 1:25 pm, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
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> The .remove() callback for a platform driver returns an int which makes
> many driver authors wrongly assume it's possible to do error handling by
> returning an error code. However the value returned is ignored (apart
> from emitting a warning) and this typically results in resource leaks.
> 
> To improve here there is a quest to make the remove callback return
> void. In the first step of this quest all drivers are converted to
> .remove_new(), which already returns void. Eventually after all drivers
> are converted, .remove_new() will be renamed to .remove().
> 
> Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove
> callback to the void returning variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This and the two consecutive Atmel/Microchip specific patches looks good 
to me.

Reviewed-by: Hari Prasath Gujulan Elango <hari.prasathge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>   drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c | 6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c
> index 55b5f577b01c..d1d93e897892 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c
> @@ -2648,7 +2648,7 @@ static int atmel_aes_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>          return err;
>   }
> 
> -static int atmel_aes_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +static void atmel_aes_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   {
>          struct atmel_aes_dev *aes_dd;
> 
> @@ -2667,13 +2667,11 @@ static int atmel_aes_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>          atmel_aes_buff_cleanup(aes_dd);
> 
>          clk_unprepare(aes_dd->iclk);
> -
> -       return 0;
>   }
> 
>   static struct platform_driver atmel_aes_driver = {
>          .probe          = atmel_aes_probe,
> -       .remove         = atmel_aes_remove,
> +       .remove_new     = atmel_aes_remove,
>          .driver         = {
>                  .name   = "atmel_aes",
>                  .of_match_table = atmel_aes_dt_ids,
> --
> 2.42.0
> 
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