| Message ID | 20230918191916.1299418-10-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | ce322d45683f1b0f4cc86ff684eb469eb165b9e9 |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | net: dsa: Convert to platform remove callback returning void | expand |
On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 09:19:16PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König 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() is 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: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Andrew
On 9/18/23 12:19, Uwe Kleine-König 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() is 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: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-platform.c b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-platform.c index bd4206e8f9af..755b7895a15a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-platform.c +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-platform.c @@ -112,16 +112,14 @@ static int vsc73xx_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return vsc73xx_probe(&vsc_platform->vsc); } -static int vsc73xx_platform_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) +static void vsc73xx_platform_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) { struct vsc73xx_platform *vsc_platform = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); if (!vsc_platform) - return 0; + return; vsc73xx_remove(&vsc_platform->vsc); - - return 0; } static void vsc73xx_platform_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev) @@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, vsc73xx_of_match); static struct platform_driver vsc73xx_platform_driver = { .probe = vsc73xx_platform_probe, - .remove = vsc73xx_platform_remove, + .remove_new = vsc73xx_platform_remove, .shutdown = vsc73xx_platform_shutdown, .driver = { .name = "vsc73xx-platform",
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() is 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/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-platform.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)