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]>
---
Hello,
this is merge window material. I'm unsure if I should put "net-next" or
"next" or "wireless-next" into the subject line. I hope my choice
doesn't make people angry :-)
Best regards
Uwe
net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.c b/net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.c
index 4e32d659524e..84529886c2e6 100644
--- a/net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.c
+++ b/net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.c
@@ -156,14 +156,12 @@ static int rfkill_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return ret;
}
-static int rfkill_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static void rfkill_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct rfkill_gpio_data *rfkill = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
rfkill_unregister(rfkill->rfkill_dev);
rfkill_destroy(rfkill->rfkill_dev);
-
- return 0;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, rfkill_of_match);
static struct platform_driver rfkill_gpio_driver = {
.probe = rfkill_gpio_probe,
- .remove = rfkill_gpio_remove,
+ .remove_new = rfkill_gpio_remove,
.driver = {
.name = "rfkill_gpio",
.acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(rfkill_acpi_match),
base-commit: 11afac187274a6177a7ac82997f8691c0f469e41
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2.43.0
On 3/6/2024 10:35 AM, Uwe Kleine-König 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: Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>