| Message ID | 20231117095922.876489-5-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Changes Requested |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | net*: Convert to platform remove callback returning void | expand |
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> 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@pengutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c index 97139c07130f..d93f84fbb1fd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c +++ b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c @@ -505,11 +505,9 @@ static int miic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return ret; } -static int miic_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) +static void miic_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) { pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev); - - return 0; } static const struct of_device_id miic_of_mtable[] = { @@ -525,7 +523,7 @@ static struct platform_driver miic_driver = { .of_match_table = miic_of_mtable, }, .probe = miic_probe, - .remove = miic_remove, + .remove_new = miic_remove, }; module_platform_driver(miic_driver);
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@pengutronix.de> --- drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)