From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>,
Lars Persson <lars.persson@axis.com>, <linux-arm-kernel@axis.com>,
<linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/20] pinctrl: artpec6: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:40:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231010084002.GG11306@axis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231009083856.222030-10-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 10:38:45AM +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() 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>
Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-10 8:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-09 8:38 [PATCH 00/20] pinctrl: Convert to platform remove callback returning void Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 01/20] pinctrl: stmfx: Improve error message in .remove()'s error path Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:35 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 02/20] pinctrl: single: Drop if block with always false condition Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:36 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 03/20] pinctrl: ti: ti-iodelay: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:36 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 04/20] pinctrl: cirrus: madera-core: Convert to platform remove callback returning void Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-09 10:37 ` Charles Keepax
2023-10-10 13:37 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 05/20] pinctrl: intel: cherryview: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-09 11:10 ` Mika Westerberg
2023-10-10 13:18 ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 06/20] pinctrl: intel: lynxpoint: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-09 11:10 ` Mika Westerberg
2023-10-10 13:18 ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-10-10 15:34 ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 07/20] pinctrl: nomadik: abx500: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:38 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 08/20] pinctrl: amd: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:38 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 09/20] pinctrl: artpec6: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 8:40 ` Jesper Nilsson [this message]
2023-10-10 13:39 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 10/20] pinctrl: as3722: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:39 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 11/20] pinctrl: rockchip: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-09 20:16 ` Heiko Stuebner
2023-10-10 13:40 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 12/20] pinctrl: single: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:41 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 13/20] pinctrl: stmfx: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:41 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 14/20] pinctrl: tb10x: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:42 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 15/20] pinctrl: qcom: spmi-gpio: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:42 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 16/20] pinctrl: qcom: spmi-mpp: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:43 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 17/20] pinctrl: qcom: ssbi-gpio: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:43 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 18/20] pinctrl: qcom: ssbi-mpp: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:44 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 19/20] pinctrl: renesas: rzn1: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-09 9:39 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2023-10-10 13:45 ` Linus Walleij
2023-10-10 13:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2023-10-09 8:38 ` [PATCH 20/20] pinctrl: ti: ti-iodelay: " Uwe Kleine-König
2023-10-10 13:45 ` Linus Walleij
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