The patch titled Subject: watchdog: bcm281xx: remove use of seq_printf return value has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is watchdog-bcm281xx-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/watchdog-bcm281xx-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/watchdog-bcm281xx-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: watchdog: bcm281xx: remove use of seq_printf return value The seq_printf return value, because it's frequently misused, will eventually be converted to void. See: commit 1f33c41c03da ("seq_file: Rename seq_overflow() to seq_has_overflowed() and make public") Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux~roeck-us.net> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c~watchdog-bcm281xx-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c --- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c~watchdog-bcm281xx-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value +++ a/drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c @@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ static int secure_register_read(struct b static int bcm_kona_wdt_dbg_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data) { - int ctl_val, cur_val, ret; + int ctl_val, cur_val; unsigned long flags; struct bcm_kona_wdt *wdt = s->private; - if (!wdt) - return seq_puts(s, "No device pointer\n"); + if (!wdt) { + seq_puts(s, "No device pointer\n"); + return 0; + } spin_lock_irqsave(&wdt->lock, flags); ctl_val = secure_register_read(wdt, SECWDOG_CTRL_REG); @@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ static int bcm_kona_wdt_dbg_show(struct spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wdt->lock, flags); if (ctl_val < 0 || cur_val < 0) { - ret = seq_puts(s, "Error accessing hardware\n"); + seq_puts(s, "Error accessing hardware\n"); } else { int ctl, cur, ctl_sec, cur_sec, res; @@ -121,15 +123,18 @@ static int bcm_kona_wdt_dbg_show(struct cur = cur_val & SECWDOG_COUNT_MASK; ctl_sec = TICKS_TO_SECS(ctl, wdt); cur_sec = TICKS_TO_SECS(cur, wdt); - ret = seq_printf(s, "Resolution: %d / %d\n" - "Control: %d s / %d (%#x) ticks\n" - "Current: %d s / %d (%#x) ticks\n" - "Busy count: %lu\n", res, - wdt->resolution, ctl_sec, ctl, ctl, cur_sec, - cur, cur, wdt->busy_count); + seq_printf(s, + "Resolution: %d / %d\n" + "Control: %d s / %d (%#x) ticks\n" + "Current: %d s / %d (%#x) ticks\n" + "Busy count: %lu\n", + res, wdt->resolution, + ctl_sec, ctl, ctl, + cur_sec, cur, cur, + wdt->busy_count); } - return ret; + return 0; } static int bcm_kona_dbg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are staging-lustre-convert-return-seq_printf-uses.patch staging-lustre-convert-seq_-hash-functions-to-return-void.patch staging-lustre-convert-uses-of-int-rc-=-seq_printf.patch staging-lustre-convert-remaining-uses-of-=-seq_printf.patch x86-mtrr-if-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch power-wakeup-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch rtc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch ipc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch pxa27x_udc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch microblaze-mb-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch nios2-cpuinfo-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch arm-plat-pxa-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch openrisc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch cris-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch mfd-ab8500-debugfs-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch staging-i2o-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch staging-rtl8192x-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch s390-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch i8k-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch watchdog-bcm281xx-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch proc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch cgroup-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch tracing-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch lru_cache-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch parisc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch regulator-dbx500-remove-use-of-seq_puts-seq_printf-return-value.patch mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch checkpatch-improve-no-space-is-necessary-after-a-cast-test.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html