From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 17:21:45 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH v0 42/42] notifier: Return an error when callback is already registered Message-ID: References: <20211108101157.15189-1-bp@alien8.de> <20211108101157.15189-43-bp@alien8.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: LKML , Thomas Gleixner , Arnd Bergmann , Ayush Sawal , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Rohit Maheshwari , Steven Rostedt , Vinay Kumar Yadav , ALSA Development Mailing List , bcm-kernel-feedback-list , Intel Graphics Development , intel-gvt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org, alpha , Linux ARM , linux-clk , Linux Crypto Mailing List , linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, Linux Fbdev development list , linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-leds , "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" , Parisc List , Linux PM list , linuxppc-dev , "open list:REMOTE PROCESSOR (REMOTEPROC) SUBSYSTEM" , Linux-Renesas , linux-s390 , scsi , Linux-sh list , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-tegra , linux-um , USB list , "open list:TENSILICA XTENSA PORT (xtensa)" , netdev , openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, rcu@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux , the arch/x86 maintainers , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 05:12:16PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Returning void is the other extreme ;-) > > There are 3 levels (ignoring BUG_ON()/panic () inside the callee): > 1. Return void: no one can check success or failure, > 2. Return an error code: up to the caller to decide, > 3. Return a __must_check error code: every caller must check. > > I'm in favor of 2, as there are several places where it cannot fail. Makes sense to me. I'll do that in the next iteration. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette