Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] [PATCH 26/34] PCI: add pci_try_set_mwi

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 04:31:40PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> As suggested by Andrew, add pci_try_set_mwi(), which does not require
> return-value checking.

Seems like a daft suggestion.  What's wrong with just removing the
__must_check from pci_set_mwi()?  Did it find any bugs?

> --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
> @@ -1578,10 +1578,7 @@ lpfc_pci_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pid)
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&phba->fc_nodes);
>  
>  	pci_set_master(pdev);
> -	retval = pci_set_mwi(pdev);
> -	if (retval)
> -		dev_printk(KERN_WARNING, &pdev->dev,
> -			   "Warning: pci_set_mwi returned %d\n", retval);
> +	pci_try_set_mwi(pdev);

Why remove the warning?  Presumably people want to know if pci_set_mwi
failed.

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