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Re: [PATCH] bcma: convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

370e6231dfbd bcma: convert to platform remove callback returning void

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/a92e4b2f7aace64a1e3a91af7974a6982700a18f.1709886922.git.u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches





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