From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1523009620; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=YUt0N0vGinL7N7C3XHb4afP6cuaSq9p8Nh9tzHZJwsD9RKqrGtnRdIW8XSHn1Q/XfL ShzeTYEJ4n/Ux5eAITmZE0Q/IjdwEDw1nBc3iUqOMJABW75BJjKUHd/2DR7vENcZY+2S ujWmqgiBs2n3pVlCwTXUDxwFDoiR57xko+7Eau0prEWwHMvYAI5UMq8y2RSt9uA+fala usSNGoWhkUHQkBpQ33cddthVgZNUOkJDgXaAGdxfTK1B3EVBHbCI+CWNYIHa3KnLqkq8 INqs49lCd+9mzod3N7t36XBOD7/d6K6BM1/aH+u7F+OlgQhQFgab+s0E6qCZsu2UwMUa 3W3Q== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:dkim-signature:arc-authentication-results; bh=pwASrJ9A/NrbfI+h3gksgI4mLo8aULbqpMnP1VVR9u0=; b=rDKmOEmpDto2NP728c2WqGZDqIQFqmCTZt+ReGonC0dPcQ0VWUFX8yMe6pk9J1c8A5 eYp0FsXGrGwrSP+AsaULsgUhn7tkoGKhrdHffkPHt5v1lhZg7DscSf1u47V+4YxemSBH boILi6EvTurwMbhY/ImeHQU/4Xo/O+pSc8TdmYdU15xxNvwcZFQWJbiWLqnFOvbrJa+V Iy6AMhXz2czadw9OtWKsm01XbWjLUFFBnvxJJR7SO0KF/VL2LlLNakYjljS3AwAqlHHS NiNao0840Y1SI0tbGDETVCgEvi86zg10vBrvGC7oTOTvCy/YgGWmkcZBChYqdTn6tu67 3mCQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=r4wa4kZP; spf=pass (google.com: domain of aspriel@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.65 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aspriel@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=r4wa4kZP; spf=pass (google.com: domain of aspriel@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.65 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aspriel@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx49qZ1Godli3thqA2KcevHqGT9+Ggzwoc28vXLfsaOij2jKx1PBUwz2SVrvwmz88H51yk+Pi5gRi3bWjRsdFbEo= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180324090446.GA863@kroah.com> References: <1521107725-25027-1-git-send-email-aspriel@gmail.com> <1521107725-25027-3-git-send-email-aspriel@gmail.com> <20180323165543.GA21833@kroah.com> <20180324090446.GA863@kroah.com> From: Arend van Spriel Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 12:13:38 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4.16 2/3] drivers: change struct device_driver::coredump() return type to void To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: LKML , Brian Norris Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: =?utf-8?q?1594997067781625897?= X-GMAIL-MSGID: =?utf-8?q?1596991335966359488?= X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 09:50:05AM +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman >> wrote: >> > On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:55:24AM +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote: >> >> Upon submitting a patch for mwifiex [1] it was discussed whether this >> >> callback function could fail. To keep things simple there is no need >> >> for the error code so the driver can do the task synchronous or not >> >> without worries. Currently the device driver core already ignores the >> >> return value so changing it to void. >> >> >> >> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10231933/ >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel >> >> --- >> >> include/linux/device.h | 5 ++++- >> >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h >> >> index b093405..f08c25b 100644 >> >> --- a/include/linux/device.h >> >> +++ b/include/linux/device.h >> >> @@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ enum probe_type { >> >> * automatically. >> >> * @pm: Power management operations of the device which matched >> >> * this driver. >> >> + * @coredump: Called when sysfs entry is written to. The device driver >> >> + * is expected to call the dev_coredump API resulting in a >> >> + * uevent. >> >> * @p: Driver core's private data, no one other than the driver >> >> * core can touch this. >> >> * >> >> @@ -287,7 +290,7 @@ struct device_driver { >> >> const struct attribute_group **groups; >> >> >> >> const struct dev_pm_ops *pm; >> >> - int (*coredump) (struct device *dev); >> >> + void (*coredump) (struct device *dev); >> > >> > Isn't this going to cause build warnings now? Are there no users of >> > this callback function yet? >> >> Hi Greg, >> >> I submitted driver patches for the 4.17 kernel and from that >> discussion we concluded it would be good to change to void return >> type. So those driver patches were dropped. The caller of the callback >> in drivers/base/dd.c does not use the return value so from that side >> there is no issue. So my motivation for asking to consider this for >> 4.16 is so I can resubmit the driver patches for 4.17 if there is >> still time before the merge window. > > It's too late for 4.16 for this, and I would queue it up in my tree now > but I don't want to cause any build warnings in linux-next from it. So > how about I submit something like this right after 4.17-rc1 is out, > where the function signature is changed _and_ all definitions of that > function are changed at the same time to keep everything sane at once? > > Can you send me such a patch right before -rc1 is out base on Linus's > tree? That should give everyone enough time to get the things merged, > right? > > Or is there no in-flight patches to use this yet, and I can queue it up > now for -rc1 as no build warnings will happen? Hi Greg, Are we good regarding this patch. I have assured there are not in-flight patches. Regards, Arend