Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:33:36 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 10/25] Staging: hv: vmbus: Return proper error code in vmbus_remove() |
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 02:22:22PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com] > > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 4:43 PM > > To: KY Srinivasan > > Cc: gregkh@suse.de; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > > devel@linuxdriverproject.org; virtualization@lists.osdl.org; Haiyang Zhang > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/25] Staging: hv: vmbus: Return proper error code in > > vmbus_remove() > > > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 07:24:21AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > Return proper error code in vmbus_remove(). > > > > > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> > > > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> > > > --- > > > drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 4 ++-- > > > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c > > > index b9aeb76..95d33a4 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c > > > +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c > > > @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int vmbus_probe(struct device *child_device) > > > */ > > > static int vmbus_remove(struct device *child_device) > > > { > > > - int ret; > > > + int ret = 0; > > > > As remove functions can't fail, why return anything at all? > > > > Doesn't make sense, please fix. > > Greg, > > Looking at the struct bus_type, the remove function is not a void function.
Yeah, but it's never checked, and most bus types just use a void function as the function can not fail (or, it's not allowed to at least.)
> I was just fixing something that was broken in this function.
That's fine, then you can add it to the list of things to change :)
greg k-h
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