On Thu, 8 Feb 2024, Lee Jones wrote: > On Thu, 08 Feb 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > > Confused... The return value is not used at all? > > Future proofing. > Surely a better way to prevent potential future API abuse is by adding checkpatch.pl rules. That way does not generate churn. James or Martin, if you can find some value in this patch, go ahead and apply it. I'm afraid I can't see it.