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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Linux Input <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] bus: Make remove callback return void
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:10:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YO82s5MC6HA8mL2Q@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210713193522.1770306-6-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:35:22PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The driver core ignores the return value of this callback because there
> is only little it can do when a device disappears.
> 
> This is the final bit of a long lasting cleanup quest where several
> buses were converted to also return void from their remove callback.
> Additionally some resource leaks were fixed that were caused by drivers
> returning an error code in the expectation that the driver won't go
> away.
> 
> With struct bus_type::remove returning void it's prevented that newly
> implemented buses return an ignored error code and so don't anticipate
> wrong expectations for driver authors.
> 

...

>  drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c         | 3 +--
>  drivers/input/serio/serio.c               | 3 +--

Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-07-14 19:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-13 19:35 [PATCH v4 0/5] bus: Make remove callback return void Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] PCI: endpoint: Make struct pci_epf_driver::remove " Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] s390/cio: Make struct css_driver::remove " Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] s390/ccwgroup: Drop if with an always false condition Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] s390/scm: Make struct scm_driver::remove return void Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] bus: Make remove callback " Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-13 19:35   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-14  1:12   ` Finn Thain
2021-07-14  8:44   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-14  8:44     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-14  8:44     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-14  8:44     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-14  8:44     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-14 10:25   ` Sudeep Holla
2021-07-14 10:25     ` Sudeep Holla
2021-07-14 10:25     ` Sudeep Holla
2021-07-14 10:25     ` Sudeep Holla
2021-07-14 10:25     ` Sudeep Holla
2021-07-14 19:10   ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2021-07-19  8:07   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2021-07-20 20:25   ` Wolfram Sang
2021-07-20 20:25     ` Wolfram Sang
2021-07-20 20:25     ` Wolfram Sang
2021-07-20 20:25     ` Wolfram Sang
2021-07-21 10:09 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-21 10:09   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-21 10:09   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-21 10:09   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-21 10:09   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-21 10:09   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-22  8:45   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-22  8:45     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-22  8:45     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-22  8:45     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-22  8:45     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-22  8:45     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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