We want to get rid of the hrtimer_start() return value and the alarm timer return value is nowhere used. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: John Stultz --- include/linux/alarmtimer.h | 4 ++-- kernel/time/alarmtimer.c | 11 ++++------- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) Index: tip/include/linux/alarmtimer.h =================================================================== --- tip.orig/include/linux/alarmtimer.h +++ tip/include/linux/alarmtimer.h @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ struct alarm { void alarm_init(struct alarm *alarm, enum alarmtimer_type type, enum alarmtimer_restart (*function)(struct alarm *, ktime_t)); -int alarm_start(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start); -int alarm_start_relative(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start); +void alarm_start(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start); +void alarm_start_relative(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start); void alarm_restart(struct alarm *alarm); int alarm_try_to_cancel(struct alarm *alarm); int alarm_cancel(struct alarm *alarm); Index: tip/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c +++ tip/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c @@ -317,19 +317,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_init); * @alarm: ptr to alarm to set * @start: time to run the alarm */ -int alarm_start(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start) +void alarm_start(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start) { struct alarm_base *base = &alarm_bases[alarm->type]; unsigned long flags; - int ret; spin_lock_irqsave(&base->lock, flags); alarm->node.expires = start; alarmtimer_enqueue(base, alarm); - ret = hrtimer_start(&alarm->timer, alarm->node.expires, - HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); + hrtimer_start(&alarm->timer, alarm->node.expires, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags); - return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_start); @@ -338,12 +335,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_start); * @alarm: ptr to alarm to set * @start: time relative to now to run the alarm */ -int alarm_start_relative(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start) +void alarm_start_relative(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start) { struct alarm_base *base = &alarm_bases[alarm->type]; start = ktime_add(start, base->gettime()); - return alarm_start(alarm, start); + alarm_start(alarm, start); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_start_relative);