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

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On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 08:11:21AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 01:27:39PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > 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>
> 
> Thanks for your Ack. My expectation was that this patch will go via a
> sparc tree. Does your Ack mean that you think it should take a different
> path?

I'll pick it up, thanks.

greg k-h



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