Re: [PATCH 2/2] clocksource: Make clocksource register functions void

[Tony Prisk <linux@prisktech.co.nz>]

On 23/01/14 20:12, Yijing Wang wrote:
> Currently, clocksource_register() and __clocksource_register_scale()
> functions always return 0, it's pointless, make functions void.
> And remove the dead code that check the clocksource_register_hz()
> return value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com>
......
> diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
> index 67301a4..5a17c5e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
> +++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
> @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static inline s64 clocksource_cyc2ns(cycle_t cycles, u32 mult, u32 shift)
>   }
>   
>   
> -extern int clocksource_register(struct clocksource*);
> +extern void clocksource_register(struct clocksource *);
>   extern int clocksource_unregister(struct clocksource*);
>   extern void clocksource_touch_watchdog(void);
>   extern struct clocksource* clocksource_get_next(void);
> @@ -301,17 +301,17 @@ clocks_calc_mult_shift(u32 *mult, u32 *shift, u32 from, u32 to, u32 minsec);
>    * Don't call __clocksource_register_scale directly, use
>    * clocksource_register_hz/khz
>    */
> -extern int
> +extern void
>   __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq);
>   extern void
>   __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq);
>   
> -static inline int clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 hz)
> +static inline void clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 hz)
>   {
>   	return __clocksource_register_scale(cs, 1, hz);
>   }

This doesn't make sense - you are still returning a value on a function 
declared void, and the return is now from a function that doesn't return 
anything either ?!?!
Doesn't this throw a compile-time warning??

Regards
Tony Prisk