The .remove() callback for a platform driver returns an int which makes
many driver authors wrongly assume it's possible to do error handling by
returning an error code. However the value returned is ignored (apart
from emitting a warning) and this typically results in resource leaks.
To improve here there is a quest to make the remove callback return
void. In the first step of this quest all drivers are converted to
.remove_new(), which already returns void. Eventually after all drivers
are converted, .remove_new() will be renamed to .remove().
Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove
callback to the void returning variant.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <[email protected]>
---
drivers/regulator/bd9571mwv-regulator.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/bd9571mwv-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/bd9571mwv-regulator.c
index d469481d8442..c7ceba56e7dc 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/bd9571mwv-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/bd9571mwv-regulator.c
@@ -260,10 +260,9 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops bd9571mwv_pm = {
SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(bd9571mwv_suspend, bd9571mwv_resume)
};
-static int bd9571mwv_regulator_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static void bd9571mwv_regulator_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
device_remove_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_backup_mode);
- return 0;
}
#define DEV_PM_OPS &bd9571mwv_pm
#else
@@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ static struct platform_driver bd9571mwv_regulator_driver = {
.pm = DEV_PM_OPS,
},
.probe = bd9571mwv_regulator_probe,
- .remove = bd9571mwv_regulator_remove,
+ .remove_new = bd9571mwv_regulator_remove,
.id_table = bd9571mwv_regulator_id_table,
};
module_platform_driver(bd9571mwv_regulator_driver);
--
2.42.0
On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 1:26 PM Uwe Kleine-König
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The .remove() callback for a platform driver returns an int which makes
> many driver authors wrongly assume it's possible to do error handling by
> returning an error code. However the value returned is ignored (apart
> from emitting a warning) and this typically results in resource leaks.
>
> To improve here there is a quest to make the remove callback return
> void. In the first step of this quest all drivers are converted to
> .remove_new(), which already returns void. Eventually after all drivers
> are converted, .remove_new() will be renamed to .remove().
>
> Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove
> callback to the void returning variant.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
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when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
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