Re: [PATCH net-next] net: make ndo_get_stats64 a void function

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu,  5 Jan 2017 09:31:36 -0800

> The network device operation for reading statistics is only called
> in one place, and it ignores the return value. Having a structure
> return value is potentially confusing because some future driver could
> incorrectly assume that the return value was used.
> 
> Fix all drivers with ndo_get_stats64 to have a void function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

You missed at least one new warning, please do a fresh allmodconfig build
and watch the logs.

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c: In function ¡bnx2_get_stats64¢:
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c:6830:10: warning: ¡return¢ with a value, in function returning void

Thanks.
_______________________________________________
devel mailing list
devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Driver Backports]     [DMA Engine]     [Linux GPIO]     [Linux SPI]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Coverity]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Yosemite Backpacking]
  Powered by Linux