Re: [PATCH] sparc/vio: make remove callback return void

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From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed,  5 May 2021 22:14:49 +0200

> The driver core ignores the return value of struct bus_type::remove()
> because there is only little that can be done. To simplify the quest to
> make this function return void, let struct vio_driver::remove() return
> void, too. All users already unconditionally return 0, this commit makes
> it obvious that returning an error code is a bad idea and should prevent
> that future driver authors consider returning an error code.
> 
> Note there are two nominally different implementations for a vio bus:
> one in arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c and the other in
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c. This patch only addresses the
> former.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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