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Subject: Re: [PATCH wifi-next 2/6] wifi: ath5k: Convert to platform remove
 callback returning void
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20231117093056.873834-10-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
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Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>, Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>,
 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
 kernel@pengutronix.de
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Date: Fri,  1 Dec 2023 16:06:48 +0000 (UTC)

Uwe Kleine-König  <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> 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 <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>

2 patches applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

b5418d170b7c wifi: ath5k: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
8cc18a70913f wifi: wcn36xx: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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