Re: [PATCH] riscv/efi_stub: Fix get_boot_hartid_from_fdt() return value

Andreas Schwab
2022-02-14T09:13:02Z

On Jan 28 2022, Sunil V L wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/riscv-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/riscv-stub.c
> index 380e4e251399..9c460843442f 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/riscv-stub.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/riscv-stub.c
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ typedef void __noreturn (*jump_kernel_func)(unsigned int, unsigned long);
>
> static u32 hartid;
>
> -static u32 get_boot_hartid_from_fdt(void)
> +static int get_boot_hartid_from_fdt(void)

I think the function should be renamed, now that it no longer returns
the hart ID, but initializes a static variable as a side effect. Thus
it no longer "gets", but "sets".

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