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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] devlink: Make devlink_register to be void
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:39:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210920133915.59ddfeef@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2e089a45e03db31bf451d768fc588c02a2f781e8.1632148852.git.leonro@nvidia.com>
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:41:44 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
>
> devlink_register() can't fail and always returns success, but all drivers
> are obligated to check returned status anyway. This adds a lot of boilerplate
> code to handle impossible flow.
>
> Make devlink_register() void and simplify the drivers that use that
> API call.
Unlike unused functions bringing back error handling may be
non-trivial. I'd rather you deferred such cleanups until you're
ready to post your full rework and therefore give us some confidence
the revert will not be needed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-20 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-20 14:41 [PATCH net-next] devlink: Make devlink_register to be void Leon Romanovsky
2021-09-20 20:39 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2021-09-20 21:04 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-09-21 2:19 ` Leon Romanovsky
2021-09-21 12:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-09-22 8:55 ` Leon Romanovsky
2021-09-21 7:02 ` Jiri Pirko
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